Vocabulary and Patterns You May Need for Giving Directions



first..then: , 然后 , , 最后 ,


take: / n 高速公路


change to: 转到


go toward: n / / 西 / / 前走


drive/walk for: / ( 时间 / 英里 公里 )


exit at: 。 。 。 出口 下来


turn: / 朝左 / / / / 西 / / / ( : / )


one way: 单行道 / 线


passing:


intersection: 十字路口 , 丁字路


block: 街区


corner: 拐角


traffic lights: 红绿灯 / 交通


parking lot: 停车场


to the...of: ... / 西 / / 北边


(right)in front: ... ( ) 前方 ,


due N/S/W/E: 正东 / / 西 / ;


slightly NSWE: / / 西 /


close to....: .....


in vicinity of..: ... 附近


between: A B 之间


right next to...: 靠着 / 紧挨 ...




先 [xian1] /early/prior/former/in advance/first/

再 [zai4] /again/once more/re-/second/another/

上 [shang4] /on/on top/upon/first (of two parts)/previous or last (week, etc.)/upper/higher/above/previous/to climb/to go into/above/to go up/

走 [zou3] /to walk/to go/to move/

号 [hao4] /day of a month/(suffix used after) name of a ship/(ordinal) number/

高速公路 [gao1 su4 gong1 lu4] /highway/

向 [xiang4] /guide/opposite to/

东 [dong1] /east/

南 [nan2] /south/

西 [xi1] /west/

北 [bei3] /north/

开 [kai1] /open/operate (vehicle)/start/

时间 [shi2 jian1] /time/period/

英里 [ying1 li3] /mile/

公里 [gong1 li3] /kilometer/

在 [zai4] /(located) at/in/exist/

出口 [chu1 kou3] /to speak/to exit/to go out/to export/

下来 [xia5 lai5] /(verb suffix indicating continuation, etc.)/

往 [wang4] /toward/(of a train) bound for/

右 [you4] /right (-hand)/

拐 [guai3] /kidnap/to turn/

转 [zhuan4] /to revolve/to turn/to circle about/to walk about/

不 [bu4] /(negative prefix)/not/no/

是 [shi4] /is/are/am/yes/to be/

左 [zuo3] /left/

线 [xian4] /thread/string/wire/line/

过 [guo4] /(past tense marker)/to cross/to go over/to pass (time)/to live/to get along/(surname)/

口 [kou3] /mouth/(a measure word)/

红绿灯 [hong2 lu:4 deng1] /(red and green) traffic light/traffic signal/

交通 [jiao1 tong1] /(automobile) traffic/communication/

灯 [deng1] /lamp/light/

的 [di4] /aim/clear/

正 [zheng4] /just (right)/main/upright/straight/correct/principle/

偏 [pian1] /one-sided/to lean/to slant/prejudiced/inclined to one side/

离 [li2] /(distant) from/to leave/

近 [jin4] /near/close (to)/approximately/

附近 [fu4 jin4] /(in the) vicinity/nearby/neighboring/next to/

跟 [gen1] /to follow/to go with/heel/with/and/

之间 [zhi1 jian1] /between/among/inter-/

着 [zhuo2] /plan/settlement/to wear/