Directions and location Directional verbs Flashcards
fāngxiàn
shénme fāngxiàn
nǎge fāngxiàn
Nancy Fang asked for directions and went down the road. She and Meng-Jia fell down
direction
what direction
which direction
qiánmian
zài qiánmian
front - mr chen stands up to go to the front
chāoshì zài nǎli
where is the
supermarket?
zài qiánmian
in front
hòumian
back, behind
I go down the stairs to hoe out back
shàngmian
zài shàngmian
above
xiàmian
zài xiàmian
down
zhōngjiān
zài zhōngjiān
middle
My sister Jen stands in the middle
zoǔbiān
zài zoǔbiān
left
on the left
my left side goes up and down
yòubiān
zài yòubiān
right
on the right
my right side goes down
pángbiān
zài pángbiān
side
next to, on the side
Pang goes up but he’s being on the side with the paddle
běi
běibiān
zài běibiān
north
nothside
in the north
I go up and down to the north to see the bay
nán
nánbiān
zài nánbiān
south
they have nan breaak up in the south
I am being flat on the north side.
xī
xībiān
zài xībiān
west She lives on the flat west side and been there a while west side in the westside she been lying down flat in the westside
dōng
dōngbiān
zài dōngbiān
east
eastside
in the eastside
don’t you think lying flat in the east is teh bet
dōngběi
xīběi
dōngnán
xīnán
northeast
northwest
southeast
southwest
zài xīnán fāngxiàng
zài dōngběi fāngxiàng
in the southwest direction
in the northeast direction
dào Loyola qù
dào Loyola lái
go to Loyola
come to Loyola
jìnqù
chūlái
Jean chews and falls down every time she goes in when I am standing next to her
Chewy always lies when he come out to see me
jìnlái
chūqù
to come in in come in Jean falls down and lies up next to him when she to go out comes in out go out Chewy chews down when he goes outside
Qǐng nǐ dào yīngguó lái
Please come to England, because your
standpoint is England and your Chinese friend will
be moving towards you.
Wǒ xiǎng dào Zhōngguó qù
I want to go to China
zhǐnánzhēn
compass
I use a compass to go up and down to find the jin, but none of them have it up there, but Jen does when she sits on the flat table.
qīngchǔ
Nǐ qīngchǔ ma?
qīngchǔ
Wǒ bútài qīngchǔ
clear(to understand).
I ching on the flat table, and then cew up and down when I understand
I am not clear.
wǎng dōng zǒu
wǎng qián zǒu
to go east
to go forward
wang goes up and down and so does Zoe
wèizhì
location
wait just a minute, you’ fell down, where are you?
méicùo
right, correct
Literally: ”no mistake”
May is so right when she goes up and down and the roller coaster
díquè
díquè hěn hǎo
díquè hěn fāngbìan
indeed da chair is going up and down o the roller coaster
indeed
indeed very good
indeed very convenient.
Wǒmen xiànzài de wèizhì shì shénme?
What’s our location now?
Wǒ bútài qīngchǔ. Nǐ yǒu zhǐnánzhēn ma?
I’ve no idea. Do you have a compass?
Yǒu, děng yíxià. Nǐ kàn, wǒmen xiànzài de fāngxiàng shì xīnán
Yes, I have, hold on. Look, our
location(direction) now is south-west.
Nà wǒmen yīnggāi wǎng qián zǒu, dùi ma?
So we should go forward, is that right?
méicùo
That’s right!
nǐ zhù de dìqū hǎobùhǎo
Is the district where you live
good?(
Fēicháng fāngbiàn nǐ kàn, qiánmian shì jiālèfú, hòumian yǒu yì jiā Zhōngguó cāntīng, zǔobiān shì dìtiě zhàn, yòubiān shì yínháng
Very convenient! Look, there is Carrefour in
front, behind there is a Chinese restaurant,
on the left there is a subway station, on the
right- a bank.
díquè hěn fāngbiàn
Very convenient indeed.
hǎobùhǎo
good no good
zhèli hǎobùhǎo
Is it good here?
nǐde fángzi dàbúdà
Is your home
big?
