Chinese reference

Chinese household vocabulary

30 words with English translations. 0 of them appear in the 5,000 most common Chinese words, and the table shows exactly where each one ranks — so you can learn the ones you will actually hear first.

30words
0in the top 5,000
Chineselanguage
WordEnglishHow common
桌子 zhuōzitableoutside the top 5,000
椅子 yǐzichairoutside the top 5,000
床 chuángbedoutside the top 5,000
沙发 shāfāsofaoutside the top 5,000
台灯 táidēnglampoutside the top 5,000
炉子 lúzistoveoutside the top 5,000
冰箱 bīngxiāngrefrigeratoroutside the top 5,000
微波炉 wēibōlúmicrowaveoutside the top 5,000
烤箱 kǎoxiāngovenoutside the top 5,000
洗衣机 xǐyījīwashing machineoutside the top 5,000
烘干机 hōnggānjīdryeroutside the top 5,000
水槽 shuǐcáosinkoutside the top 5,000
淋浴 línyùshoweroutside the top 5,000
浴缸 yùgāngbathtuboutside the top 5,000
马桶 mǎtǒngtoiletoutside the top 5,000
镜子 jìngzimirroroutside the top 5,000
窗户 chuānghuwindowoutside the top 5,000
门 méndooroutside the top 5,000
窗帘 chuāngliáncurtainoutside the top 5,000
地毯 dìtǎncarpetoutside the top 5,000
画 huàpictureoutside the top 5,000
钟 zhōngclockoutside the top 5,000
架子 jiàzishelfoutside the top 5,000
电视 diànshìtelevisionoutside the top 5,000
电脑 diànnǎocomputeroutside the top 5,000
电话 diànhuàtelephoneoutside the top 5,000
风扇 fēngshànfanoutside the top 5,000
空调 kōngtiáoair conditioningoutside the top 5,000
灯 dēnglightoutside the top 5,000
楼梯 lóutīstairsoutside the top 5,000

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