Tham khảo tài liệu 'chinese phrases for dummies_08', ngoại ngữ, nhật - pháp - hoa- others phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | Chapter 9 1 Get Around Transportation Ộ3 You may have some other questions when you inquire about locations and distances V Yào duõ cháng shijian yaow dwaw chahng shirjyan How long will it take ắX Zou de dào ma dzoe duh daou mah Can I walk there Zou de dào zou bú dào dzoe duh daou dzoe boo daow Can one walk there Specifying cardinal points iPith directional co Verbs You can tell someone to go you yo right or zuo dzwaw left until you re blue in the face but sometimes the best way to give people directions is to point them the right way with the cardinal points north south east or west. In Chinese however you say them in this order V bei bay north is dõng doong east ỈS nán nahn south XI she west To give more precise directions you may have to use the following ắX dõng bei doong bay northeast dõng nán doong nahn southeast V XỈ bei she bay northwest xỉ nán she nahn southwest When indicating north south east west left or right you can use either -biãn byan or -miàn myarì as word endings but not -tóu toe which you can use with other position words such as front back inside and outside. Chinese Phrases For Dummies Giving directions often entails multiple instructions. You can t always say make a right and you re there or go straight and you ll see it right in front of you. Sometimes you have to use a common Chinese pattern for giving multiple directions. That pattern is xian Verb 1 zai Verb 2 This translates into first you do X and then you do Y. Here are some examples V Xiãn wàng dõng zou zai wang you zhuan. shyan wahngdoongdzoe dzye wahngyo jwan First walk east and then turn right. Xiãn zhi zou zai wang XI zou. shyan jir dzoe dzye wahng she dzoe First go straight and then turn west. Here s an example conversation George Qing wen. Shanghai bowiiguan 11 zher hen yuan ma cheeng one. shahng hi baw woo gwahn lee jar him ywan mah Excuse me. Is the Shanghai Museum very far from here Stranger BÙ yuan. Shanghai bowiiguan jiù zai réninín dà dào. boo ywan. Shahng hi baw woo gwahn
