(方位) Locations and directions in Chinese - Chinese Grammar Simplified

Video Chapters:
0:38 The 12 most common directional characters
1:28 The pattern for locations
2:34 The patterns for relative locations
4:30 The pattern for Directions
6:15 Practice problems
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[@baifengjiu.]

Thank you alot for your efforts in teaching Chinese. The way you explain and visualise the sentences/ phrases is such a big help and will surely help alot of people. 😊

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[@suminshanghai]

Wow！ This video is very helpful in learning the directions and locations and is easy to understand them. Thanks！❤‍🔥

[@lilitmkrtchyan5501]

Thank you! Very well-organized material! Exceedingly useful. I keep it open on my screen for the second week!

[@natalia2722]

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[@haru93]

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[@traditionalcountrysidefood1466]

Thank you for your explaination

[@ChineseGrammarSimplified]

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[@ChineseGrammarSimplified]

Thank you for following my channel. Please understand that due to the amount of work needed to make each video, I am uploading videos on a monthly basis.

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[@Octiligon]

你好。我从我开始学中文的时候看你们的视频，这些视频帮我很多。现在我已经通过hsk4级考试。我要明年试试通过hsk5级的考试。我为了你们的视频是为什么我现在是hsk4。除此以外，我要告诉你们多谢，并且继续上传有很多信息在它们里面。thanks bro, appreciate it.

[@ChineseGrammarSimplified]

祝贺你学有所成！

[@remko8394]

Can you really use 为什么 in statements like you used in "我为了你们的视频是为什么我现在是hsk4。" ?

[@ChineseGrammarSimplified]

@@remko8394 the correct way to say it would be: 我之所以现在的中文水平是HSK4，是因为你们的视频。

[@Octiligon]

@@ChineseGrammarSimplified 谢谢，我有进步的地方。

[@mountaintag]

@@remko8394 I think that another problem is that 为了 means "because of" in the sense of "for the sake of". To mean "owing to" should probably use 由于. And, in a statement, rather than the question-word 为什么, the meaning of "why" or "the reason why" should probably be 原因. So perhaps we could rephrase the statement as: 由于你们的视频, 我达到HSK四级的原因.

[@NickvonZ]

Very nice! Although I get that bian and mian are essentially interchangable, how would you suggest choosing one over the other in a given direction? My Taiwanese wife says, front and back take mian, otherwise bian. Basically. But I'll take a second opinion! Thank you!

[@ChineseGrammarSimplified]

My preference is shown in the 12-words chart at 1:41. ;)

[@NickvonZ]

@@ChineseGrammarSimplified Gotcha'! I had the feeling that was the case. THANKS! And HAPPY NEW YEAR!

[@ChineseGrammarSimplified]

@@NickvonZ Happy New Year to you too!

[@ZulkifliJamil4033-x6s]

上面。下面。左面。右面。英国在北面。护照🛂。桌子的上面有你的护照🛂。 往前走。我们从这儿往前走。 谢谢老师。

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今天我们会往东开车。 我在山前面。 球在他手的里面。

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Thank you for your vedios, I've got a question..please can you say how do you know which strokes to use to form a word..thank you

[@qianfeizhou8265]

Thank you for your question, do you mean how we memorize all Chinese characters? We just practice again and again and start to use them for basic expressions and phrases.

[@qianfeizhou8265]

I can understand that, not like English, you could try to spell a word by hearing its pronunciation. But similar thing is, at least you need to remember how each of the 26 alphabets is written, and connect their shape to their sound. Similarly, in Chinese, you just practice how to write every single character. They have common radicals and similar parts, join different parts could create different character containing meanings radicals indicate. Hope my answer could help and solve your mystery.

[@qianfeizhou8265]

If you know how we look up a Chinese character in the Chinese dictionary, that would be more helpful to your understanding. We can either use pronunciation or radicals to find a specific Chinese character and a Chinese dictionary would provide multiple phrase examples.

[@JayTylerSKL]

when to use bian or mian? and when to use shi or you? they are interchangeable? can I say ... zhuo zi shang bian shi ni de hu zhao. And yi da li de xi mian you fa guo. Will it be wrong?

[@ChineseGrammarSimplified]

1. Yes, they are interchangeable. 2. Your sentences are all correct.

[@DoctorJammer]

That content was great, you just went so fast. 😅

[@zulkiflijamil4033]

英国在北边。法国在南边。

[@12degreesnowman11]

东乐 look similar 😂

[@phungteha8407]

法国是意大利的西边？ 西北边吧！

[@eddykapasibu7899]

上方， 下方。。