Mandarin Chinese Vocabulary: Directions and Transportation

Vocabulary and essential phrases for providing directions and using public transportation, including cardinal directions and distance markers, based on the Mandarin Chinese lecture notes.

一直

(yìzhí) straight

往

(wǎng)towards

十字路口

(shízì lùkǒu)crossroads

路口

(lùkǒu)intersection

拐

(guǎi)to turn

大概

(dàgài)about, perhaps

米 (mǐ)

$m$ (meter)

方向

(fāngxiàng)direction

马路

(mǎlù)road

过

(guò)to cross

附近

(fùjìn)nearby

交通

(jiāotōng)transport, traffic

方便

(fāngbiàn)convenient

地铁

(dìtiě)subway

离

(lí)to be away from

远

(yuǎn)far

近

(jìn)near

要

(yào)should

先

(xiān)first

然后

(ránhòu)then, afterwards

换

(huàn)to change or transfer (e.g., bus lines)

东

(dōng)east

西

(xī)west

南

(nán)south

北

(běi)north

西单

Xidan, a major commercial area in Beijing - (Xīdān)

天安门

Tian'anmen (Tiān'ān Mén)

地铁站离学校

The subway station is about $500\,m$ from the school.

银行离学校

The bank is $100\,m$ from the school.

邮局离宿舍

The post office is about $200\,m$ from the dormitory.