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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洗衣机
Washing machine
洗碗机
Dishwasher
电脑
Computer
烤箱
Oven
炉灶
Stove
热水壶
Kettle
烤面包机
Toaster
冰箱
Fridge
冷冻机
Freezer
电话
Telephone
熨斗
Iron
微波炉
Microwave
搅拌机
Mixer
闹钟
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.
洗
to wash
烤
to bake
烤面包
to toast [bread]
机
machine
电
electricity
That's it for this lesson. See you next time!
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