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Today’s Geography and Vocabulary Lesson
Here is a little bit of vocabulary for you.
Translations and characters come from Mandarin Tools.
Trad.
Simp.
Pinyin
English
北
běi
north
南
nán
south
東
东
dōng
east
西
xī
west
河
hé
river
湖
hú
lake
京
jīng
capital; Beijing (abbrev.)
山
shān
mountain; hill
廣
广
guǎng
wide; numerous; to spread
and some numbers, just for the heck of it:
一
yī
one; 1;
二
èr
two; 2
三
sān
three; 3
四
sì
four; 4
五
wǔ
five; 5
The center’s address is 11 BeiYiTiao (”North 1st Alley”)
So now that you know the words, North, South, East, and West, you can [...]
Posted: August 28th, 2008 under Uncategorized.
Tags: Beijing, geography, vocabulary
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