Mandarin Vocabulary
Classroom Objects

Note that Chinese nouns do not change when made plural.  They use the same form both singular or plural.

When being counted or specified, Chinese nouns require a classifier or measure word.  More information will be given on that in the grammar lessons.

 

shu1

book

 

ke4 ben3

text book

课本

qian1 bi3

pencil

铅笔

bi3

pen

zhi3

paper

yi3 zi

chair

椅子

zhuo4 zi

desk*

桌子

zhuo1 zi

table*

桌子

kao3 shi4

test

考试

xiao3 kao3

quiz

小考

gong1 ke4

homework

功课

bao4 gao4

report

报告

bai2 ban3

whiteboard

白板

bai2 ban3 bi3

marker

白板笔

hei1 ban3

chalkboard

黑板

fen3 bi3

chalk

粉笔

xiang4 pi2 ca1

eraser

橡皮擦

zhong1

bell

ci2 dian3

dictionary

词典

bi3 ji4 ben3

notebook

筆記本

*Note that the word for "table" and "desk" can be the same in Chinese.
There are more specific terms, but generally they are both referred to as zhuo4 zi.


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