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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.
汉字PinyinPOSMeaning
学校 xuéxiào n. school
教学楼 jiàoxuélóu n. teaching building
图书馆 túshūguǎn n. library
房间 fángjiān n. room
房子 fángzi n. house
lóu n. building
n. road
mén n. door
chuáng n. bed
椅子 yǐzi n. chair
汉字PinyinPOSMeaning
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
fáng (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
guǎn (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

在 + 处所 (深入) Pinning down location

回顾 ch10 的"在 + 处所". 加复合处所词: 学校里 / 教学楼前 / 房子的左边. 问"X 在哪儿?", 答"X 在 [处所] [上 / 下 / 里 / 外...]".

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...].

  • 我家在大路的左边. Wǒ jiā zài dà lù de zuǒbiān. My home is left of the main road.
  • 图书馆在学校里. Túshūguǎn zài xuéxiào lǐ. The library is in the school.
  • 床在房间中间. Chuáng zài fángjiān zhōngjiān. Bed is in the middle of the room.
  • 门外有人. Mén wài yǒu rén. Someone's outside the door.

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