Exploring Chinese-speaking regions can be quite an adventure, but if you want to be sure to see everything on your list, you need to know how to ask for directions and be able to understand the directions you are given. After all, if you don't know how to understand what you're told, you might miss the very things you hoped to see.

The first thing you need to know is how to ask for directions.

We're going to share frequently used Chinese words and phrases.

1

前qián (in front of)

后hòu (behind)

左zuǒ (left)

右yòu (right)

2

边biān (side)

3

东dōng (east)

南nán (south)

西xī (west)

北běi  (north)

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附近fùjìn (nearby)

旁边pángbiān (next to)

5

在zài (in/on/at)

Here are some sentences that might come in handy when you need directions.

1

上海在北京的南边。

Shànghǎi zài Běijīng de nánbiān.

（Shanghai is south of Beijing.)

2

广州在香港的北边。

Guǎngzhōu zài Xiānggǎng de běibiān.

（Guangzhou is north of Hong Kong. )

3

附近有超市吗？

Fùjìn yǒu chāoshì ma？

(Is there a supermarket nearby?)

4

超市在银行的左边。

Chāoshì zài yínháng de zuǒbiān.

（The supermarket is on the left of the bank.)

5

银行在美和汉语的右边。

Yínháng zài Měihé Hànyǔ de yòubiān.

（The bank is on the right side of Mandarin House.)

千里之行，始于足下。

Qiān lǐ zhī xíng，shǐ yú zú xià.

Every thousand mile journey begins with one step.

美和汉语在哪里？

Měihé Hànyǔ zài nǎlǐ?

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