Left and right

Practise HSK 1 Mandarin Chinese in “Left and right”, with Hanzi, pinyin, English translations and key vocabulary.

HSK 1

Dialogue preview

  1. 李明: 洗手间在哪儿？

    xi3 shou3 jian1 zai4 na3 r5

    Where is the bathroom?

  2. 赵敏: 在左边。

    zai4 zuo3 bian1

    On the left.

  3. 李明: 商店呢？

    shang1 dian4 ne5

    What about the shop?

Key vocabulary

洗手间 · xǐ shǒu jiān
toilet
在 · zài
to be at; in; on
哪儿 · nǎ r
where?
左边 · zuǒ bian
left
商店 · shāng diàn
store; shop
呢 · ne
used in questions to link back to prior discourse or context ("what about...?", "and...?")