问路Asking Directions汉字与生词

请问去中国城怎么走？

中国城[ 中国城 ]Zhōnggúochéngn. Chinatown

Excuse me, How can I get to Chinatown?

干嘛这么严肃 ?

我迷 mí 路了，可是我没有地图。

地图 [ 地图 ]dìtún. Map

I got lost, but I don’t have map.

干嘛这么严肃 ?

女人问 : 你会一直爱我吗 ?

一直yìzhíAdv. Straight; continuously

The woman asked: Will you always love me?

在第二个路口右转 zh an: to turnǔ 。

路口lùk uǒn. intersection

Turn right at the second intersection.

拐 gǔai vs. 转 zhǔan

To Turn

拐 Northern

China 转 More Common;

Formal substitute for 拐 in the North

过马路要先看红绿灯。

红绿灯[ 红绿灯 ]hóngl dēngǜn. Traffic light

Before crossing the road one must look at the traffic light.

我前面的人一直说话，好烦 fán 。

前面qíanmìann. ahead, in front of

The person in front of me kept on talking, so annoying.

后面

就到了Jiù dàole ?

到第二个路口右转 , 就到了Dào dì èr gè lùk u yòu zhu n, Jiù dàoleǒ ǎ

Four Directions

• Chinese speakers customarily mention the four directions in a set sequence.

• Always start with 东 , since the sun rises from the East.

东南西北 (clock-wise)或者东西南北

(parallel)

gùo

你可不可以过去一点 ?Could you move over a bit?

过过 辶z uǒ

过去gùoqù

n. In the past v. go over there

过动gùodòng

n. ADHD

The snail on the 辶 road can only travel an 寸 inch every hour so it takes all day to 过

cross the road.v. To pass; particle indicate

a past experience

m. Measure word for frequency你要我说几次 ?

How many times do I have to say it in order for you to understand?

次冰bīng

班次bāncìn. # of runs of scheduled transportation

每次měicì

Everytime

The 冰 ice in the rink was 欠 lacking depth for the umpteenth 次

time.

cì

Prep. From

他从他朋友那里拿了一本书。He got a book from his friend.

从从人rén

从前cóngqíann. The past

自从zìcóng

Since (a time/date)

人 Ren got a letter from another person 人 . He reads through

the letter trying to figure out who it’s 从

from.

cóng

n. South

我刚从东南亚回来。I just came back from South East Asia.

南十shí

东南亚dōngnányǎ

n. South East Asia

nán

难 男 喃

n. North

我一直住在北京。I have always lived in Beijing.

北丨shù

西北xīběi

n. North-West

北京Běijīngn. Beijing

běi

没问题 vs 没关系

没问题 没关系To assure someone

that their request will be met or a problem

will be solved.

Downplays the severity or impact of an issue, often used in response to someone’s apology for minor mistake.

• Can we go to Burgers? • I broke yours vase…

Excl. Exclamatory particle to express

surprise or dissatisfaction

哎，我考试又没考好。Sigh, I didn’t do well on my test again.

哎口k uǒ

āi Sentence Final Particles

呀 ya

啊 a

吧 baLet's

！

Flyswatter吔 呀 呃 哎咕 呿 呸 哈咩 咳 呵 咔

嗯 哼 哦

v. To change direction; to abduct, kidnap

你怎么走得一拐一拐的 ?How come you are limping when you walk?

拐 拐弯g aiǔ wān

v. To turn a corner

拐跑g aiǔ p oǎv. To kidnap

The kidnapper used 口 said a lot of sweet words, but in the end he used his 手 hand and brute 力 force

and 拐 abduct the kid.

g aiǔ 手sh uǒ

n. Right 我 的 座 右 铭 是 “ 有 志 者 事 竟成”。My motto is: “Where there’s will there’s a way.”

右口k uǒ

座右铭zùoyòumíng

n. motto

yòu

n. Left

图书馆就在你的左边。The library is right by your left side.

左工gōng

左右z oǔ yòu

n. approximately

左右手z oǔ yòush uǒ

n. A right-hand man

z oǔ

左手 右手

问题一填空题 Fill in the blanks.

男左女右 前后左右东西南北 上下左右

Go Figure

手 口 力 拐拐走

II

Go Figure

工 丿 一 左左右

II

Go Figure

艹 口 X 哎你哎

II

Go Figure

丨 二 匕 北南北

II

Go Figure

彳 三 丨 丶 往

来往

II

Go Figure

人 一 口 手 拿

拿去

II

Word Search

铁 中 国 城 日 文 哎拐 拿 地 图 本 过 哦左 手 电 灯 泡 自 哼座 右 铭 路 次 每 从心 直 口 快 京 北 西一 往 哪 去 亚 南 东

小考Please fill in the blanks in Chinese characters

1.吃过 Have eaten before2.中国城Chinatown3. 拿水 To get water4. 一直 Continuously5.东南 South-East

6. 路口 Intersection7. 右拐 Turn Right8. 哎“ Sigh”9. 红绿灯Traffic Light10. 两次 Two times

小考Please fill in the blanks in Chinese characters

1. ___ ___ Have eaten before2. ___ ___ ___ Chinatown3. ___ ___ To get water4. ___ ___ Continuously5. ___ ___ South-East

6. ___ ___ Intersection7. ___ ___ Turn Right8. ___ “Sigh”9. ___ ___ ___Traffic Light10. ___ ___ Two times