Chinese reference

Chinese school vocabulary

29 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.

29words
0in the top 5,000
Chineselanguage
WordEnglishHow common
学校 xuéxiàoschooloutside the top 5,000
学院 xuéyuàncollegeoutside the top 5,000
大学 dàxuéuniversityoutside the top 5,000
学生 xuéshengstudentoutside the top 5,000
老师 lǎoshīteacheroutside the top 5,000
课 kèclassoutside the top 5,000
教室 jiàoshìclassroomoutside the top 5,000
黑板 hēibǎnblackboardoutside the top 5,000
课桌 kèzhuōdeskoutside the top 5,000
铅笔 qiānbǐpenciloutside the top 5,000
钢笔 gāngbǐpenoutside the top 5,000
笔记本 bǐjìběnnotebookoutside the top 5,000
书 shūbookoutside the top 5,000
背包 bèibāobackpackoutside the top 5,000
作业 zuòyèhomeworkoutside the top 5,000
考试 kǎoshìtestoutside the top 5,000
课程 kèchénglessonoutside the top 5,000
科目 kēmùsubjectoutside the top 5,000
时间表 shíjiānbiǎoscheduleoutside the top 5,000
图书馆 túshūguǎnlibraryoutside the top 5,000
实验室 shíyànshìlaboutside the top 5,000
课间休息 kèjiān xiūxirecessoutside the top 5,000
年级 niánjígradeoutside the top 5,000
文凭 wénpíngdiplomaoutside the top 5,000
资格 zīgéqualificationoutside the top 5,000
规则 guīzéruleoutside the top 5,000
橡皮 xiàngpíeraseroutside the top 5,000
记号笔 jìhàobǐmarkeroutside the top 5,000
地图 dìtúmapoutside the top 5,000

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