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Grammar: Location
Pronouns
哪裡 | nǎlǐ | where |
哪兒 | nǎr ![[N]](images/icons/var_north.png) | where |
這裡 | zhèlǐ | here |
這兒 | zhèr ![[N]](images/icons/var_north.png) | here |
那裡 | nàlǐ | there |
那兒 | nàr ![[N]](images/icons/var_north.png) | there |
到處 | dàochù | everywhere |
Coverbs
Place
在 | zài | to be located at |
離…近 | lí ... jìn | to be close to ... |
離…遠 | lí ... yuǎn | to be far away from ... |
Direction
| | Preposition | Verb |
從 | cóng | from | |
到 | dào | to | to arrive |
朝 | cháo | towards | to face |
往 | wǎng | towards | to go |
向 | xiàng | towards | to turn towards |
經過 | jīngguò | via, through | to pass |
通過 | tōngguò | via, through | to pass |
Postpositions
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裡 | lǐ | in, inside |
內 | nèi | inside |
外 | wài | outside |
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上 | shàng | on, over, on top |
下 | xià | under, at the bottom |
對 | duì | opposite to |
前 | qián | in front of, in the front |
後 | hòu | behind, on the back |
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旁 | páng | next to, on the side |
左 | zuǒ | left to, on the left side |
右 | yòu | right to, on the right side |
這 | zhè | on this side, here |
那 | nà | on the other side, there |
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東 | dōng | on the east to, east side |
南 | nán | on the south to, south side |
西 | xī | on the west to, west side |
北 | běi | on the north to, north side |
Suffixes |
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~mian | ~biān |
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附近 | fùjìn | near, nearby |
中間 | zhōng(jiān) | in the middle/center |
…和…之間 | ... hé ... zhījiān | between ... and ... |
…和…中間 | ... hé ... zhōngjiān | between ... and ... |