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Mandarin Chinese · HSK 3.0 Band 1 · Chapter 27

我家在那儿 My home is over there

Wǒ jiā zài nàr

Buildings & places.

我家在那儿 — My home is over there

  1. 高朋 wénshān, jiāzàiér? Where's your home?
  2. 文山 jiāzàidezuǒbiān. ge lóu. Left of the main road. In that big building.
  3. 高朋 fángjiān? Which room?
  4. 文山 shílóuhào. fángjiānyǒuchuáng. Floor 10, #5. The room has a big bed.
  5. 高朋 xuéxiàone? And the school?
  6. 文山 zàixuéxiào, jiàoxuélóupángbiān. shūguǎnzàiér. In the school, next to the teaching building. Library's there too.

门外的人 — Someone outside the door

  1. 大友 gāopéng, shuízàiménwài? Who's outside the door?
  2. 高朋 péngyǒu. zàiwàibiān. My friend. He's outside.
  3. 大友 qǐnglái! fángjiānyǒuzi. Tell him to come! There are chairs inside.
  4. 高朋 hǎo. zidepángbiānshìchuáng, mendōuzuò. OK. Beside the chair's a bed, we all sit.
  5. 大友 tàihǎole! chá. Great! Tea together.
xuéxiào

noun school

jiàoxuélóu

noun teaching building

shūguǎn

noun library

fángjiān

noun room

fángzi

noun house

lóu

noun building

noun road

mén

noun door

chuáng

noun bed

zi

noun chair

road

走路 zǒu lù — walk路上 lùshang — on the way; in the course of a journey路线 lùxiàn — route; itinerary
lóu

building

教学楼 jiàoxuélóu — teaching building

(in 房间)

房间 fángjiān — room房子 fángzi — house
chuáng

bed (Bk2)

起床 qǐ chuáng — get up

(in 图书馆 = library)

图书馆 túshūguǎn — library

(in 图书馆 = library)

图书馆 túshūguǎn — library体育馆 tǐyùguǎn — gym; sports hall
mén

door

出门 chū//mén — leave home; go out大门 dàmén — front gate; main entrance

(in 椅子)

椅子 yǐzi — chair
zuò

sit; ride

坐下 zuòxia — sit down

lóu building Writing

13 strokes left-right radical 木

road Writing

13 strokes left-right radical 足

mén door Writing

3 strokes standalone

fáng (in 房间) Recognition

8 strokes enclosure

chuáng bed Recognition

7 strokes enclosure

(in 椅子) Recognition

12 strokes left-right radical 木

xiào school (in 学校) Recognition

10 strokes left-right radical 木

jiāo teach (revisit Bk1 ch11) Recognition

11 strokes left-right

Pinning down location

Explanation

Continuation of ch10. With composite locatives: 学校里 / 教学楼前 / 房子的左边. Q: X 在哪儿? A: X 在 [place] [上/下/里/外...].

Examples

  • 我家在大路的左边. My home is left of the main road.
  • 图书馆在学校里. The library is in the school.
  • 床在房间中间. Bed is in the middle of the room.
  • 门外有人. Someone's outside the door.

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