{"id":10708,"date":"2019-11-15T05:02:52","date_gmt":"2019-11-15T05:02:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/spoken-chinese\/lesson-018-expressions-of-the-directions-in-chinese\/"},"modified":"2019-11-15T05:02:52","modified_gmt":"2019-11-15T05:02:52","slug":"lesson-018-expressions-of-the-directions-in-chinese","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/mm\/lesson-018-expressions-of-the-directions-in-chinese\/","title":{"rendered":"Lesson 018 Expressions of the Directions in Chinese"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/em>portant; float: none;”>Yajie: Perfect Chinese your way, in o<\/em>nly five minutes a day. Welcome to Chinese Studio. Glad to have you with us again. I’m Yajie. \u65e9\u4e0a\u597d.<\/span>
<\/em>portant; float: none;”>Cam: And I’m Cam. \u65e9\u4e0a\u597d(z\u01ceoshang h\u01ceo). What shall we learn today?<\/span>
<\/em>portant; float: none;”>Yajie: Well, today we’ll co<\/em>ntinue learning directions. First let’s check keywords of the day!<\/span>
***************Key words of the day<\/strong>
<\/em>portant; float: none;”>Today we’ll learn four words of directions, and they are: \u524d\u9762\uff0c\u540e\u9762, \u5de6\u8fb9 \u53f3\u8fb9\u3002All in today’s Chinese Studio.<\/span>
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<\/em>portant; float: none;”>Yajie: First let’s take a look at “\u524d\u9762” qiánmian, front. \u524d, the second tone. It means front or ahead. \u9762, the neutral tone. We can say: \u5728\u524d\u9762 which means “in the front ” or “in front of”.<\/span>
<\/em>portant; float: none;”>Cam: \u5728\u524d\u9762 (zài qiánmian). <\/span><\/span>
<\/em>portant; float: none;”>Yajie: \u5728 means “at”. Let’s look at an example. “\u8001\u5e08\u5728\u524d\u9762”, The teacher is in front.<\/span>
<\/em>portant; float: none;”>Cam: \u8001\u5e08\u5728\u524d\u9762 (l\u01ceosh\u012b zài qiánmian)<\/span>
<\/em>portant; float: none;”>Yajie: Sometimes we can say \u5728something \u7684\u524d\u9762\u3002For example: \u6211\u5728\u4f60\u7684\u524d\u9762, I’m in front of you.<\/span>
<\/em>portant; float: none;”>Cam: \u6211\u5728\u4f60\u7684\u524d\u9762 (w\u01d2 zài n\u01d0 de qiánmian).<\/span>
<\/em>portant; float: none;”>Yajie: And the opposite of \u524d\u9762is \u540e\u9762 hòumian. We can say \u5728\u540e\u9762 which means at the back.<\/span>
<\/em>portant; float: none;”>Cam: hòumian. <\/span><\/span>
<\/em>portant; float: none;”>Yajie: We also say \u5728something \u7684\u540e\u9762\u3002For example: \u6211\u5728\u4f60\u7684\u540e\u9762, I’m behind you.<\/span>
<\/em>portant; float: none;”>C: \u6211\u5728\u4f60\u7684\u540e\u9762 (w\u01d2 zài n\u01d0 de hòumian.)<\/span>
<\/em>portant; float: none;”>Yajie: We already have \u524d\u9762and\u540e\u9762, now let’s see the other two words: \u5de6\u8fb9 and\u53f3\u8fb9. They are quite easy. <\/span><\/span>
<\/em>portant; float: none;”>Cam: \u5de6\u8fb9(zu\u01d2bian), \u53f3\u8fb9(yòubian).<\/span>
<\/em>portant; float: none;”>Yajie: \u5de6\u8fb9 means the left side, zu\u01d2bian. \u5de6, third tone. \u8fb9has the neutral tone. So it’s\u5de6\u8fb9(zu\u01d2bian).<\/span>
<\/em>portant; float: none;”>Cam: \u5de6\u8fb9(zu\u01d2bian).<\/span>
<\/em>portant; float: none;”>Yajie: \u53f3\u8fb9 means the right side, yòubian. \u53f3, the forth tone.<\/span>
<\/em>portant; float: none;”>Cam:  yòubian. <\/span><\/span>
<\/em>portant; float: none;”>Yajie: We can also say: \u5728\u5de6\u8fb9means on the left; <\/span><\/span>
<\/em>portant; float: none;”>Cam: \u5728\u5de6\u8fb9(zài zu\u01d2bian).<\/span>
<\/em>portant; float: none;”>Yajie: \u5728\u53f3\u8fb9 means on the right. <\/span><\/span>
<\/em>portant; float: none;”>Cam:\u5728\u53f3\u8fb9. (zài yòubian.) Yajie\u5728\u6211\u7684\u5de6\u8fb9 (zài w\u01d2 de zu\u01d2bian.), yajie is on my left side. <\/span><\/span>
<\/em>portant; float: none;”>Yajie: Well done, Cam. I think you’ve made great progress in learning Chinese! <\/span><\/span>
<\/em>portant; float: none;”>Cam:  Xie xie.<\/span>
<\/em>portant; float: none;”>***************Key words reminder <\/span><\/span>
<\/em>portant; float: none;”>Today we’ve learned four words of directions, and they are: \u524d\u9762, \u540e\u9762,  \u5de6\u8fb9, \u53f3\u8fb9. All in today’s Chinese Studio.<\/span>
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<\/em>portant; float: none;”>Yajie: OK, Maybe it’s co<\/em>nfusing for you to learn so many new words a day.  Now let’s take a quick review of what we’ve learned today: \u524d\u9762 the front, \u540e\u9762the back, <\/span><\/span>
<\/em>portant; float: none;”>Cam: \u524d\u9762(qianmian), \u540e\u9762 (houmian).<\/span>
<\/em>portant; float: none;”>Yajie: \u5de6\u8fb9 left side,  and \u53f3\u8fb9 right side\u3002<\/span>
<\/em>portant; float: none;”>Cam: \u5de6\u8fb9 (zuobian),  and \u53f3\u8fb9 (youbian).<\/span>
<\/em>portant; float: none;”>Yajie: And also \u5728\u524d\u9762\uff0cin the front. \u5728\u540e\u9762\uff0cat the back.<\/span>
<\/em>portant; float: none;”>Cam: \u5728\u524d\u9762(zai qianmian)\uff0c\u5728\u540e\u9762(zai houmian). <\/span><\/span>
<\/em>portant; float: none;”>Yajie: \u5728\u5de6\u8fb9, on the left side; \u5728\u53f3\u8fb9on the right side\u3002<\/span>
<\/em>portant; float: none;”>Cam: \u5728\u5de6\u8fb9(zai zuobian)\uff0c\u5728\u53f3\u8fb9(zai youbian)\u3002<\/span>
<\/em>portant; float: none;”>Yajie:\u6211\u5728\u4f60\u7684\u53f3\u8fb9 (w\u01d2 zài n\u01d0 de yòoubian.), <\/span><\/span>
<\/em>portant; float: none;”>Cam: And\u4f60\u5728\u6211\u7684\u5de6\u8fb9 (n\u01d0 zài w\u01d2 de zu\u01d2bian.), yajie is on my left side. <\/span><\/span>
<\/em>portant; float: none;”>Yajie: Right! Well, that’s it for today. Don’t forget you can win a gift by answering the question of the day in Chinese: wher is Beihai Park? Is it somewher behind the Forbidden City, or in front of the Forbidden City?
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