{"id":1145,"date":"2022-07-09T23:55:10","date_gmt":"2022-07-09T15:55:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/?p=1145"},"modified":"2026-08-09T16:54:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T08:54:08","slug":"location-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/index.php\/2022\/07\/09\/location-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Location\u00a0Words in Chinese\u00a0I \u3000"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_86 ez-toc-wrap-left counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-white ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span 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d\u00ecdi\u01cen c\u00edhu\u00ec<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <p>Before we get into the vocab, a story from my first year of teaching, back when I didn&#8217;t know much about how things worked in China. A student asked me, &#8220;Tiffany, I&#8217;m going to Kenting next month to relax \u2014 do you know a nice &#8216;ji\u01d4di\u00e0n&#8217; (hotel)?&#8221; I was floored. In Taiwan, we call hotels &#8216;f\u00e0ndi\u00e0n&#8217; \u2014 &#8216;ji\u01d4di\u00e0n&#8217; means something else entirely: a mistress club. So in my head I&#8217;m just thinking, wait, you want me to recommend you a nice mistress club?? Turns out &#8216;ji\u01d4di\u00e0n&#8217; is completely normal Mainland Chinese for &#8220;hotel.&#8221; Cross-strait vocabulary can really get you.<\/p>\n\n  <p class=\"odc-kicker\">Where to shop and how to get there<\/p>\n  <h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Store_and_Street_Words_in_Chinese\"><\/span>Store and Street Words in Chinese<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n  <div class=\"odc-table-wrap\">\n  <table>\n    <thead>\n      <tr><th>Chinese<\/th><th>Pinyin<\/th><th>English<\/th><th>Korean<\/th><th>Japanese<\/th><\/tr>\n    <\/thead>\n    <tbody>\n      <tr><td><span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u9910\u5ef3<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u996d\u9986<\/span><\/td><td><span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">c\u0101nt\u012bng<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">f\u00e0ngu\u01cen<\/span><\/td><td>Restaurant<\/td><td>\uc2dd\ub2f9<\/td><td>\u30ec\u30b9\u30c8\u30e9\u30f3<\/td><\/tr>\n      <tr><td>\u5e97<\/td><td>di\u00e0n<\/td><td>Store<\/td><td>\uc0c1\uc810<\/td><td>\u5e97<\/td><\/tr>\n      <tr><td><span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u96fb\u5f71\u9662<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u7535\u5f71\u9662<\/span><\/td><td>di\u00e0ny\u01d0ngyu\u00e0n<\/td><td>Movie theater<\/td><td>\uc601\ud654\uad00<\/td><td>\u6620\u753b\u9928<\/td><\/tr>\n      <tr><td><span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u98ef\u5e97<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u9152\u5e97<\/span><\/td><td><span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">f\u00e0ndi\u00e0n<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">ji\u01d4di\u00e0n<\/span><\/td><td>Hotel<\/td><td>\ud638\ud154<\/td><td>\u30db\u30c6\u30eb<\/td><\/tr>\n      <tr><td><span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u65c5\u9928<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u65c5\u9986<\/span><\/td><td>l\u01dagu\u01cen<\/td><td>Inn<\/td><td>\uc5ec\uad00<\/td><td>\u65c5\u9928<\/td><\/tr>\n      <tr><td>\u5546\u5e97<\/td><td>sh\u0101ngdi\u00e0n<\/td><td>Shop<\/td><td>\uac00\uac8c<\/td><td>\u5e97<\/td><\/tr>\n      <tr><td>\u8857<\/td><td>ji\u0113<\/td><td>Street<\/td><td>\uac70\ub9ac<\/td><td>\u9053<\/td><\/tr>\n      <tr><td><span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u99ac\u8def<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u9a6c\u8def<\/span><\/td><td>m\u01cel\u00f9<\/td><td>Big road<\/td><td>\ud070\uae38<\/td><td>\u5927\u901a\u308a<\/td><\/tr>\n      <tr><td>\u8def<\/td><td>l\u00f9<\/td><td>Road<\/td><td>\uae38<\/td><td>\u9053\u8def<\/td><\/tr>\n      <tr><td>\u5341\u5b57\u8def\u53e3<\/td><td>sh\u00edz\u00ecl\u00f9k\u01d2u<\/td><td>Intersection<\/td><td>\uc0ac\uac70\ub9ac<\/td><td>\u4ea4\u5dee\u70b9<\/td><\/tr>\n    <\/tbody>\n  <\/table>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <p class=\"odc-tip\">\ud83d\udca1 &#8220;Restaurant&#8221; and &#8220;hotel&#8221; aren&#8217;t just script differences \u2014 Taiwan says \u9910<span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u5ef3<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u5385<\/span> (c\u0101nt\u012bng) and <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u98ef<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u996d<\/span>\u5e97 (f\u00e0ndi\u00e0n); China (especially the north) says <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u98ef\u9928<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u996d\u9986<\/span> (f\u00e0ngu\u01cen) and \u9152\u5e97 (ji\u01d4di\u00e0n). That said, \u9910<span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u5ef3<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u5385<\/span>  (c\u0101nt\u012bng) is also commonly heard in southern China. And remember: in Taiwan, \u9152\u5e97 doesn&#8217;t mean hotel at all.<\/p>\n\n  <p class=\"odc-kicker\">Putting it all together<\/p>\n  <h3 class=\"odc-examples-title\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Examples\"><\/span>Examples<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n  <p class=\"odc-example\">\n    <ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u5c0f\u5b69\u5b50<\/span><rt>xi\u01ceoh\u00e1izi<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e00<\/span><rt>y\u00ed<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u500b<\/span><rt>ge<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4eba<\/span><rt>r\u00e9n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u904e<\/span><rt>gu\u00f2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u99ac\u8def<\/span><rt>m\u01cel\u00f9<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5f88<\/span><rt>h\u011bn<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5371\u96aa<\/span><rt>w\u00e9ixi\u01cen<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u5c0f\u5b69\u5b50<\/span><rt>xi\u01ceoh\u00e1izi<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e00<\/span><rt>y\u00ed<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e2a<\/span><rt>ge<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4eba<\/span><rt>r\u00e9n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u8fc7<\/span><rt>gu\u00f2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u9a6c\u8def<\/span><rt>m\u01cel\u00f9<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5f88<\/span><rt>h\u011bn<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5371\u9669<\/span><rt>w\u0113ixi\u01cen<\/rt><\/ruby>\n    <span class=\"odc-translation\">It is very dangerous for a child to cross the road alone.<\/span>\n  <\/p>\n\n  <p class=\"odc-example\">\n    <ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7684<\/span><rt>de<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5922\u60f3<\/span><rt>m\u00e8ngxi\u01ceng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u662f<\/span><rt>sh\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u958b<\/span><rt>k\u0101i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e00<\/span><rt>y\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5bb6<\/span><rt>ji\u0101<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5bf5\u7269<\/span><rt>ch\u01d2ngw\u00f9<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5496\u5561\u5e97<\/span><rt>k\u0101f\u0113i di\u00e0n<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7684<\/span><rt>de<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u68a6\u60f3<\/span><rt>m\u00e8ngxi\u01ceng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u662f<\/span><rt>sh\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5f00<\/span><rt>k\u0101i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e00<\/span><rt>y\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5bb6<\/span><rt>ji\u0101<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5ba0\u7269<\/span><rt>ch\u01d2ngw\u00f9<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5496\u5561\u5e97<\/span><rt>k\u0101f\u0113i di\u00e0n<\/rt><\/ruby>\n    <span class=\"odc-translation\">My dream is to open a pet caf\u00e9.<\/span>\n  <\/p>\n\n  <p class=\"odc-kicker\">Finding your way around<\/p>\n  <h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Location_Words_in_Chinese\"><\/span>Location Words in Chinese<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n  <div class=\"odc-table-wrap\">\n  <table>\n    <thead>\n      <tr><th>Chinese<\/th><th>Pinyin<\/th><th>English<\/th><th>Korean<\/th><th>Japanese<\/th><\/tr>\n    <\/thead>\n    <tbody>\n      <tr><td><span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u8fa6\u516c\u5ba4<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u529e\u516c\u5ba4<\/span><\/td><td>b\u00e0ng\u014dngsh\u00ec<\/td><td>Office<\/td><td>\uc0ac\ubb34\uc2e4<\/td><td>\u4e8b\u52d9\u6240<\/td><\/tr>\n      <tr><td>\u57ce\u5e02<\/td><td>ch\u00e9ngsh\u00ec<\/td><td>City<\/td><td>\ub3c4\uc2dc<\/td><td>\u90fd\u5e02<\/td><\/tr>\n      <tr><td><span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u8eca\u7ad9<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u8f66\u7ad9<\/span><\/td><td>ch\u0113zh\u00e0n<\/td><td>Station<\/td><td>\uc5ed<\/td><td>\u99c5<\/td><\/tr>\n      <tr><td>\u5730\u65b9<\/td><td><span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">d\u00ecf\u0101ng<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">d\u00ecfang<\/span><\/td><td>Places<\/td><td>\uc7a5\uc18c<\/td><td>\u5834\u6240<\/td><\/tr>\n      <tr><td><span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u6a5f\u5834<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u673a\u573a<\/span><\/td><td>j\u012bch\u01ceng<\/td><td>Airport<\/td><td>\uacf5\ud56d<\/td><td>\u7a7a\u6e2f<\/td><\/tr>\n      <tr><td>\u516c\u53f8<\/td><td>g\u014dngs\u012b<\/td><td>Company<\/td><td>\ud68c\uc0ac<\/td><td>\u4f1a\u793e<\/td><\/tr>\n      <tr><td><span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u516c\u5712<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u516c\u56ed<\/span><\/td><td>g\u014dngyu\u00e1n<\/td><td>Park<\/td><td>\uacf5\uc6d0<\/td><td>\u516c\u5712<\/td><\/tr>\n      <tr><td><span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u6d77\u908a<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u6d77\u8fb9<\/span><\/td><td>h\u01ceibi\u0101n<\/td><td>Beach<\/td><td>\ud574\ubcc0<\/td><td>\u30d3\u30fc\u30c1<\/td><\/tr>\n      <tr><td>\u6559\u5ba4<\/td><td>ji\u00e0osh\u00ec<\/td><td>Classroom<\/td><td>\uad50\uc2e4<\/td><td>\u6559\u5ba4<\/td><\/tr>\n      <tr><td><span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u5e02\u5834<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u5e02\u573a<\/span><\/td><td>sh\u00ecch\u01ceng<\/td><td>Market<\/td><td>\uc2dc\uc7a5<\/td><td>\u5e02\u5834<\/td><\/tr>\n      <tr><td><span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u5716\u66f8\u9928<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u56fe\u4e66\u9986<\/span><\/td><td>t\u00fash\u016bgu\u01cen<\/td><td>Library<\/td><td>\ub3c4\uc11c\uad00<\/td><td>\u56f3\u66f8\u9928<\/td><\/tr>\n      <tr><td><span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u91ab\u9662<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u533b\u9662<\/span><\/td><td>y\u012byu\u00e0n<\/td><td>Hospital<\/td><td>\ubcd1\uc6d0<\/td><td>\u75c5\u9662<\/td><\/tr>\n      <tr><td><span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u90f5\u5c40<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u90ae\u5c40<\/span><\/td><td>y\u00f3uj\u00fa<\/td><td>Post Office<\/td><td>\uc6b0\uccb4\uad6d<\/td><td>\u90f5\u4fbf\u5c40<\/td><\/tr>\n      <tr><td><span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u9280\u884c<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u94f6\u884c<\/span><\/td><td>y\u00ednh\u00e1ng<\/td><td>Bank<\/td><td>\uc740\ud589<\/td><td>\u9280\u884c<\/td><\/tr>\n    <\/tbody>\n  <\/table>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <p class=\"odc-kicker\">Putting it all together<\/p>\n  <h3 class=\"odc-examples-title\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Examples-2\"><\/span>Examples<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n  <p class=\"odc-example\">\n    <ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u516c\u53f8<\/span><rt>g\u014dngs\u012b<\/rt><span class=\"rb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/index.php\/2022\/08\/14\/li\/\">\u96e2<\/a><\/span><rt>l\u00ed<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u8eca\u7ad9<\/span><rt>ch\u0113zh\u00e0n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5f88<\/span><rt>h\u011bn<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u8fd1<\/span><rt>j\u00ecn<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u516c\u53f8<\/span><rt>g\u014dngs\u012b<\/rt><span class=\"rb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/index.php\/2022\/08\/14\/li\/\">\u79bb<\/a><\/span><rt>l\u00ed<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u8f66\u7ad9<\/span><rt>ch\u0113zh\u00e0n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5f88<\/span><rt>h\u011bn<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u8fd1<\/span><rt>j\u00ecn<\/rt><\/ruby>\n    <span class=\"odc-translation\">My company is very close to the station.<\/span>\n  <\/p>\n\n  <p class=\"odc-example\">\n    <ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u9ebb\u7169<\/span><rt>m\u00e1fan<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u8acb<\/span><rt>q\u01d0ng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5230<\/span><rt>d\u00e0o<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u570b\u969b<\/span><rt>gu\u00f3j\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6a5f\u5834<\/span><rt>j\u012bch\u01ceng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7b2c\u4e8c<\/span><rt>d\u00ec\u00e8r<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u822a\u5ec8<\/span><rt>h\u00e1ngxi\u00e0<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u9ebb\u70e6<\/span><rt>m\u00e1fan<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u8bf7<\/span><rt>q\u01d0ng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5230<\/span><rt>d\u00e0o<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u56fd\u9645<\/span><rt>gu\u00f3j\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u673a\u573a<\/span><rt>j\u012bch\u01ceng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7b2c\u4e8c<\/span><rt>d\u00ec\u00e8r<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u822a\u53a6<\/span><rt>h\u00e1ngsh\u00e0<\/rt><\/ruby>\n    <span class=\"odc-translation\">Please go to the second terminal of the international airport.<\/span>\n  <\/p>\n\n  <p class=\"odc-kicker\">A little extra<\/p>\n  <h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Two_Ways_to_Spell_the_Same_Street\"><\/span>Two Ways to Spell the Same Street<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n  <p>Street signs in China and Taiwan usually spell things out the same basic way \u2014 xx Road (\u8def l\u00f9), xx Street (\u8857 ji\u0113), xx Boulevard (\u5927\u9053 d\u00e0d\u00e0o). 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