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💗 🏠 家务 (jiā wù) - Household Chores

Learn essential vocabulary for household chores and daily cleaning tasks. Practice expressing cleaning activities, organizing tasks, and maintaining a clean home using HSK1-HSK2 level vocabulary.

Chinese lesson from Friday, July 4, 2025

🧹 Cleaning Tasks

Learn basic cleaning vocabulary and expressions for maintaining a tidy home environment.

Perfect for beginners and essential concepts

📚 Key Phrase: 打扫 (dǎ sǎo)

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Grammar Focus

💗 Household Chores

Today we learn essential vocabulary for daily cleaning tasks using simple characters. These expressions help you communicate about household responsibilities and maintaining a clean living space.
🧹 Cleaning Action Pattern:
Verb + Object

Basic cleaning activities:
• 打扫 (dǎ sǎo) - clean/tidy up (general cleaning)
• 洗碗 (xǐ wǎn) - wash dishes
• 拖地 (tuō dì) - mop floor
• 扫地 (sǎo dì) - sweep floor

打扫 is the most general cleaning word!
👕 Washing Pattern:
洗 + Object
• 洗碗 (xǐ wǎn) - wash dishes
• 洗衣服 (xǐ yī fu) - wash clothes

洗 (xǐ) means "wash" and combines with different objects for specific washing tasks.
整理
zhěng lǐ
Organize / tidy
📦 Organization:
整理 is perfect for organizing tasks:
• 整理房间 (zhěng lǐ fáng jiān) - organize room
• 整理桌子 (zhěng lǐ zhuō zi) - organize table

Essential for keeping things neat and tidy!
🗑️ Disposal Action:
• Trash: 倒垃圾 (dào lā jī) - take out trash
• Action: 倒 (dào) - pour out/empty
• Object: 垃圾 (lā jī) - garbage/trash

倒垃圾 is a common household responsibility.
😴 After Cleaning:
After doing chores, you might feel:
• 很累 (hěn lèi) - very tired
• 很干净 (hěn gān jìng) - very clean
• 完成了 (wán chéng le) - finished

很累 is very common after household work!
打扫
dǎ sǎo
Clean / tidy up
Limpiar / ordenar

词汇 Vocabulary Practice

Practice writing the phrases from today's Chinese lesson!

打扫
dǎ sǎo
English:
Clean / tidy up
Español:
Limpiar / ordenar
洗碗
xǐ wǎn
English:
Wash dishes
Español:
Lavar platos
拖地
tuō dì
English:
Mop the floor
Español:
Fregar el suelo
洗衣服
xǐ yī fu
English:
Wash clothes
Español:
Lavar ropa
整理
zhěng lǐ
English:
Organize / tidy
Español:
Organizar / ordenar
扫地
sǎo dì
English:
Sweep the floor
Español:
Barrer el suelo
倒垃圾
dào lā jī
English:
Take out trash
Español:
Sacar la basura
很累
hěn lèi
English:
Very tired
Español:
Muy cansado/a

文化 Cultural Insights

🏠 Chinese Household Culture

In Chinese families, 打扫 (cleaning) is often a shared family activity, especially during Spring Festival preparation. Children learn 洗碗 (washing dishes) and 扫地 (sweeping) as basic responsibilities from a young age.

🧹 Daily Cleaning Routine

Chinese households typically have daily routines: 扫地 (sweeping) in the morning, 拖地 (mopping) weekly, and 整理 (organizing) regularly. 倒垃圾 (taking out trash) is often done by building maintenance staff in apartment complexes.

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Responsibilities

洗衣服 (washing clothes) is traditionally done by hand or in shared laundry areas. Many families say 很累 (very tired) after deep cleaning, making it a bonding experience when done together on weekends.

🧽 Daily Maintenance

Master household organization tasks and daily cleaning routines for a well-organized home.

For students ready to dive deeper

📖 Reading Practice

📖 周末打扫 - Weekend Cleaning

Jīn tiān shì zhōu mò, xiǎo Míng yào dǎ sǎo fáng jiān.
今天是周末，小明要打扫房间。
Tā xiān sǎo dì, rán hòu tuō dì.
他先扫地，然后拖地。
Xiǎo Míng hái yào xǐ wǎn hé xǐ yī fu.
小明还要洗碗和洗衣服。
Tā bǎ zhuō zi shàng de dōng xi zhěng lǐ hǎo.
他把桌子上的东西整理好。
Zuì hòu, tā qù dào lā jī.
最后，他去倒垃圾。
Dǎ sǎo wán hòu, xiǎo Míng shuō: "Wǒ hěn lèi!"
打扫完后，小明说："我很累！"
Dàn shì fáng jiān hěn gān jìng, tā hěn gāo xìng.
但是房间很干净，他很高兴。

📝 Vocabulary from this reading:

周末
zhōu mò
weekend
房间
fáng jiān
room
先
xiān
first
然后
rán hòu
then
还
hái
also/still
东西
dōng xi
things
干净
gān jìng
clean
高兴
gāo xìng
happy

作业 Homework & Practice

💗 Household Chores Practice

📝 Writing Practice:
1. Write 5 cleaning sentences using: 打扫, 洗碗, 拖地, 扫地
2. Create household routines: 先...然后... (first...then...)
3. Practice organization: 整理 + room/desk/clothes

🗣️ Speaking Practice:
4. Practice chore vocabulary: 打扫, 洗衣服, 倒垃圾, 很累
5. Learn cleaning sequences: 先扫地，然后拖地
6. Practice feeling expressions: 很累, 很干净, 完成了

🎯 Real Life Application:
7. Name 5 cleaning tasks in your home using Chinese
8. Practice daily routine: 每天 + cleaning task
9. Learn 3 more household words: 厨房, 卫生间, 客厅

💡 Bonus Challenge:
Plan a complete weekend cleaning schedule in Chinese

🌟 Cultural Reflection:
Think about: How do cleaning responsibilities differ between families in your country and China?

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