Difference between revisions of "HSK Directions Vocabulary List"

Latest revision as of 03:22, 3 November 2022

The following vocabulary list features vocabulary words from the HSK centered around the topic of directions. In some cases the HSK vocabulary might be a bit lacking, and we may follow it will additional vocabulary we recommend for a fuller discussion on the topic.

Chinese	Pinyin	English	HSK Level
后面	hòumiàn	behind	HSK 1
前面	qiánmiàn	ahead, in front	HSK 1
左边	zuǒbian	the left side; to the left of	HSK 2
右边	yòubian	right side; to the right	HSK 2
旁边	pángbiān	the side, next to	HSK 2
东	Dōng	surname Dong	HSK 3
南	Nán	south	HSK 3
西	Xī	the West	HSK 3
北	běi	north	HSK 3

Additional Directions Vocabulary

These words are not on the current official HSK list, but you may find them useful for your discussions on this topic.

Chinese	Pinyin	English	Level
东南西北	dōng nán xī běi	the four cardinal directions (lit. "east south west north")	B1
东南	dōngnán	southeast	B1
东北	dōngběi	northeast	B1
西南	xīnán	southwest	B1
西北	xīběi	northwest	B1

@@ Line 76: / Line 76: @@
       <th style="width:15%" class="">Level</th>
     </tr>
+    <tr>
+        <td>东南西北</td>
+        <td>dōng nán xī běi</td>
+        <td>the four cardinal directions (lit. "east south west north")</td>
+        <td>B1</td>
+    </tr>
      <tr>
          <td>东南</td>
@@ Line 84: / Line 90: @@
      <tr>
          <td>东北</td>
-         <td>Dōngběi</td>
+         <td>dōngběi</td>
-         <td>Northeast China</td>
+         <td>northeast</td>
          <td>B1</td>
      </tr>
@@ Line 96: / Line 102: @@
      <tr>
          <td>西北</td>
-         <td>Xīběi</td>
+         <td>xīběi</td>
-         <td>Northwest China (Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, Ningxia, Xinjiang)</td>
+         <td>northwest</td>
          <td>B1</td>
      </tr>
 </table>
-Note that there are two different words for "tomato." This happens sometimes. In this case, you really do need to learn them both. You might be able to get away with using only one of them most of the time, though.
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