Chinese For Dummies (119 page)

shàng
上
(shahng) (
above
)

sìzhōu
四周
(suh-joe) (
around
)

wài
外
(why) (
outside
)

xià
下
(shyah) (
below
)

yòu
右
(yo) (
right
)

yòu zhuǎn
右转
(
右轉
) (yo jwan) (
turn right
)

zhí zǒu
直走
(jir dzoe) (
go straight ahead
)

zhuǎn wān
转弯
(
轉彎
) (jwan wahn) (
turn around
)

zuǒ
å·¦
(dzwaw) (
left
)

zuǒ zhuǎn
左转
(
左轉
)
(dzwaw jwan) (
turn left
)

Three different, completely interchangeable word endings work with any of the location words:

biān
è¾¹
(
邊
) (byan)

miàn
面
(myan)

tóu
头
(
é ­
) (toe)