“Table” in Japanese, Chinese and 18 more languages
In Japanese, “table” is テーブル (tēburu). In Chinese it is 桌子 (zhuō zi).
Japanese
テーブル
tēburu
本はテーブルの上にあります。
The book is on the table.
Chinese (Simplified)
桌子
zhuō zi
书在桌子上。
The book is on the table.
Chinese counts it with the measure word 张: 一张桌子 means “one table”.
“Table” in 20 languages
The word and an example sentence in each language. The speaker buttons read them aloud with your browser’s voice.
| Language | Word | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | テーブル tēburu | 本はテーブルの上にあります。 |
| English | table /ˈteɪbl/ | The book is on the table. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 桌子 zhuō zi | 书在桌子上。 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 桌子 zhuō zi | 書在桌子上。 |
| Korean | 테이블 | 책이 테이블 위에 있어요. |
| Spanish | mesa | El libro está en la mesa. |
| French | table | Le livre est sur la table. |
| German | Tisch | Das Buch liegt auf dem Tisch. |
| Italian | tavolo | Il libro è sul tavolo. |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | mesa | O livro está na mesa. |
| Russian | стол | Книга лежит на столе. |
| Arabic | طاولة | الكتاب على الطاولة. |
| Hindi | मेज़ | किताब मेज़ पर है। |
| Indonesian | meja | Buku itu ada di atas meja. |
| Vietnamese | bàn | Quyển sách ở trên bàn. |
| Thai | โต๊ะ | หนังสืออยู่บนโต๊ะ |
| Turkish | masa | Kitap masanın üstünde. |
| Dutch | tafel | Het boek ligt op tafel. |
| Swedish | bord | Boken ligger på bordet. |
| Polish | stół | Książka leży na stole. |
