🧭 North, south, east, west

Unit 9 · The city & getting around (HSK 3) · 7 min

Directions: 东 east, 南 south, 西 west, 北 north. Chinese says 东北 (north-east), 西南 (south-west): east/west first. 金字塔在开罗的西边 "The pyramids are west of Cairo."

Words in this lesson

• 东 (dōng) — east
• 南 (nán) — south
• 西 (xī) — west
• 北 (běi) — north
• 东北 (dōng běi) — north-east
• 金字塔 (jīn zì tǎ) — pyramid

The 北 in 北京 and 南 in 南京 are the direction words.

Project: Say in Chinese what lies east and west of your home.