day 10around town
unit 2 · home & neighboursaround town
Find your way around town: ask for places, give directions with 向, and say where you got to.
today’s words
- 城市 chéngshì · city
- 市 shì · city; market
- 街 jiē · street
- 马路 mǎlù · road, street
- 路边 lùbiān · roadside
- 路口 lùkǒu · crossing, junction
- 红绿灯 hónglǜdēng · traffic lights
- 银行 yínháng · bank
- 宾馆 bīnguǎn · hotel, guesthouse
- 图书馆 túshūguǎn · library
- 地方 dìfang · place
- 地点 dìdiǎn · location, venue
- 地图 dìtú · map
- 向 xiàng · towards; to (someone)
- 经过 jīngguò · to pass by, through
- 离开 líkāi · to leave
- 到处 dàochù · everywhere
- 自行车 zìxíngchē · bicycle
sentences
- 一直向前走，然后向左走。 · Go straight on, then turn left.
- 走到路口，你就看见银行了。 · Walk to the junction and you’ll see the bank.
- 下了车，向东走五分钟就到了。 · Get off the bus and walk east for five minutes: you’re there.
- 小明在路边叫住了我。 · Xiaoming called out and stopped me by the road.
- 这是什么地方？ · Where are we?