Chinese Nouns
Learning the Chinese Nouns is very important because its structure is used in every day conversation. The more you practice the subject, the closer you get to mastering the Chinese language. But first we need to know what the role of Nouns is in the structure of the grammar in Chinese.
Chinese nouns are words used to name a person, animal, place, thing, or abstract ideas. Nouns are usually the most important part of vocabulary. Here are some examples:
| English Nouns | Chinese Nouns |
| nouns | míng cí - 名词 |
| my car | wǒ de chē - 我的车 |
| green car | lǜ sè qì chē - 绿色汽车 |
| three cars | sān liàng chē - 三辆车 |
| car garage | chē kù - 车库 |
| outside the car | chē de wài miàn - 车的外面 |
As you can see from the example above, the structure of the Nouns in Chinese has a logical pattern. Locate the Nouns above and see how it works with the rest of the sentence in Mandarin.
List of Nouns in Chinese
Below is a list of the Nouns and Words in Chinese placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Chinese vocabulary.
| English Nouns | Chinese Nouns |
| arm | gē bì - 胳臂 |
| back | bèi;bēi, bèi bù - 背,背部 |
| cheeks | liǎn jiá - 脸颊 |
| chest | xiōng bù - 胸部 |
| chin | xià bā - 下巴 |
| ear | ěr duǒ - 耳朵 |
| elbow | zhǒu - 肘 |
| eye | yǎn - 眼 |
| face | liǎn - 脸 |
| finger | shǒu zhǐ - 手指 |
| fingers | shǒu zhǐ - 手指 |
| foot | jiǎo - 脚 |
| hair | tóu fā - 头发 |
| hand | shǒu - 手 |
| head | tóu - 头 |
| heart | xīn zàng - 心脏 |
| knee | xī gài - 膝盖 |
| leg | tuǐ - 腿 |
| lip | chún - 唇 |
| mouth | kǒu - 口 |
| neck | gěng bù - 颈部 |
| nose | bí zi - 鼻子 |
| shoulder | jiān - 肩 |
| stomach | wèi - 胃 |
| teeth | yá chǐ - 牙齿 |
| thigh | dà tuǐ - 大腿 |
| throat | hóu lóng - 喉咙 |
| thumb | mǔ zhǐ - 拇指 |
| toe | jiǎo zhǐ - 脚趾 |
| tongue | shé tóu - 舌头 |
| tooth | yá chǐ - 牙齿 |
Nouns and Words have a very important role in Chinese, therefore they need very special attention. Once you're done with the Mandarin Nouns, you might want to check the rest of our Chinese lessons here: Learn Chinese. Don't forget to bookmark this page.