Household Appliances in Chinese

This lesson is all about how to pronounce household appliances in Chinese.

These days we have a mass of household appliances in our homes to make domestic duties easier and quicker. Look around your kitchen and laundry and you will see just how many electrical time-saving-devices you have. Now, here is the Chinese vocabulary for you to put to those little wonders.

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Pronouncing household appliances in Chinese

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洗衣机
xǐyījī
Washing machine
洗碗机
xǐwǎnjī
Dishwasher
电脑
diànnǎo
Computer
烤箱
kǎoxiāng
Oven
炉灶
lúzào
Stove
热水壶
rèshuǐhú
Kettle
烤面包机
kǎomiànbāojī
Toaster
冰箱
bīngxiāng
Fridge
冷冻机
lěngdòngjī
Freezer
电话
diànhuà
Telephone
熨斗
yùndǒu
Iron
微波炉
wēibōlú
Microwave
搅拌机
jiǎobànjī
Mixer
闹钟
nàozhōng
Alarm clock

Let's get started...

How did you go? Did you guess that “洗 xǐ” means wash; “烤 kǎo” means bake; “烤面包 kǎo miànbāo” means toast; “机 jī” means machine or that “电 diàn” means power or electricity? If you did guess those and others from the list above, then congratulations, you just doubled the vocabulary for this lesson.

to wash
kǎo
to bake
烤面包
kǎo miànbāo
to toast [bread]
machine
diàn
electricity

That's it for this lesson. See you next time!

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