🗺 Scene: to the metro station

Unit 9 · The city & getting around (HSK 3) · 9 min

Dialogue: A: 请问，附近有地铁站吗？ B: 有，往前走，到红绿灯往左拐，大概走五分钟 "Go ahead, turn left at the lights, about five minutes' walk." A: 坐地铁去机场方便吗？ B: 不太方便，你最好坐出租车 "Not really; better take a taxi."

Words in this lesson

• 红绿灯 (hóng lǜ dēng) — traffic lights
• 大概 (dà gài) — about; probably
• 最好 (zuì hǎo) — had better
• 往 (wǎng) — towards
• 拐 (guǎi) — to turn
• 方便 (fāng biàn) — convenient

Project: Write directions from the office to the metro for a new Chinese colleague.