Media and Location

Before we look up media and location words in Chinese, I want to tell you a fact. Taiwan is the only country that has no embassy, but every country still sends its ambassador here. Due to the special political status and One-China policy, all the embassy in Taiwan has to be called trade centers, the Taipei office, or the cultural representative office. But don’t worry, they are the embassy, they do all the jobs that the embassy does. Just their office is not beautiful and big like a normal embassy.

Media words in Chinese

Examples

電子郵件/电子邮件 diànzǐ yóujiàn is okay to say 電郵/电邮 diànyóu.

你看了我今早給你發的電郵了嗎？
你看了我今早给你发的电邮了吗？
Nǐ kànle wǒ jīn zǎo gěi nǐ fā de diànyóule ma?
Did you read the email I sent you this morning?

鏡頭/镜头 jìngtóu also means camera lens or shot. And for “scene”, we can also call it 畫面/画面 huàmiàn.

特寫鏡頭
特写镜头
tèxiě jìngtóu
close-up (shot)

你不覺得電影最後一個鏡頭拍的很美嗎？
你不觉得电影最后一个镜头拍的很美吗？
Nǐ bù juéde diànyǐng zuìhòu yīgè jìngtóu pāi de hěnměi ma?
Don’t you think the last shot of the movie is very beautiful?

Location words in Chinese

Examples

他這個人最大的問題就是不會看場合說話
他这个人最大的问题就是不会看场合说话
Tā zhège rén zuìdà de wèntí jiùshì búhuì kàn chǎnghé shuōhuà.
His biggest problem is that he does not know how to speak appropriately (according to the occasion.)

旅行社的位置在首都的市區內，所以很方便
旅行社的位置在首都的市区内，所以很方便
Lǚxíngshè de wèizhì zài shǒudū de shìqū nèi, suǒyǐ hěn fāngbiàn.
The location of the travel agency is in the downtown area of the capital, so it is very convenient.