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Around town 19

Shops, places to go, and saying where they are.

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Shops and eating out 5

  1. 商店 shāng diàn shop
  2. 超市 chāo shì supermarket
  3. 书店 shū diàn bookshop
  4. 饭店 fàn diàn restaurant
  5. 咖啡馆 kā fēi guǎn café

店diàn is a shop, after what it sells: 书店shū diàn書店shū diàn, a bookshop. 饭店fàn diàn飯店fàn diàn is a place for meals, a restaurant, and the name of many hotels.

Places to go 7

  1. 学校 xué xiào school
  2. 医院 yī yuàn hospital
  3. 银行 yín háng bank
  4. 公园 gōng yuán park
  5. 图书馆 tú shū guǎn library
  6. 电影院 diàn yǐng yuàn cinema
  7. 酒店 jiǔ diàn hotel

院yuàn and 馆guǎn館guǎn make a building of what's done there: 医院yī yuàn醫院yī yuàn, 电影院diàn yǐng yuàn電影院diàn yǐng yuàn; 图书馆tú shū guǎn圖書館tú shū guǎn, 咖啡馆kā fēi guǎn咖啡館kā fēi guǎn.

Where it is 7

  1. 哪儿 nǎ r where
  2. 这儿 zhè r here
  3. 那儿 nà r there
  4. 在 zài to be (somewhere); at
  5. 旁边 páng biān beside
  6. 对面 duì miàn opposite
  7. 附近 fù jìn nearby

在zài says where something is: 银行yín háng在zài哪儿nǎ r？銀行yín háng在zài哪兒nǎ r？ Where's the bank? 银行yín háng在zài学校xué xiào旁边páng biān銀行yín háng在zài學校xué xiào旁邊páng biān: the bank is beside the school.