| A | B |
| 东京 Tokyo | dōng jīng |
| 日文 Japanese (language) | rì wén |
| 面 (used to form a noun of locality) | miàn |
| 前面 ahead; in front of | qián miàn |
| 左 left | zuǒ |
| 行 to walk; to go | xíng |
| 单 one; single; odd | dān |
| 单行道 one-way street | dān xíng dào |
| 右 right | yòu |
| 灯 light | dēng |
| 红绿灯 traffic light | hóng lǜ dēng |
| 前 forward; ahead | qián |
| 北 north | běi |
| 东 east | dōng |
| 哎 expresses surprise or dissatisfaction | āi |
| 拐 to turn | guǎi |
| 一...就... as soon as..., then... | yī...jiù |
| 西 west | xī |
| 路口 intersection | lù kǒu |
| 过 to pass | guò |
| 南 south | nán |
| 往 towards | wǎng |
| 一直 straight; continuously | yì zhí |
| 从 from | cóng |
| 都 used as an emphatic expression indicating that what goes before it is an extreme or hypothetical instance of something) | dōu |
| 眼睛 eye | yǎn jīng |
| 闭 to shut; to close | bì |
| 闭着 to close; to be closed | bì zhe |
| 地图 map | dì tú |
| 城 city; town | chéng |
| 中国城 Chinatown | zhōng guó chéng |
| 过 (used after a verb to indicate a past experience) | guò |
| 问路 to ask for directions | wèn lù |
| 同路 to go the same way | tóng lù |
| 早知道 had know earlier | zǎo zhī dào |
| 里头 inside | lǐ tóu |
| 店 store; shop | diàn |
| 书店 bookstore | shū diàn |
| 中间 middle | zhōng jiān |
| 活动 to move about; exercise; activity | huó dòng |
| 活动中心 activity center | huó dòng zhōng xīn |
| 就 just...;right...(indicating physical or conceptual immediacy) | jiù |
| 近 near | jìn |
| 离 from; away from | lí |
| 地方 place | dì fāng |
| 住 to live | zhù |
| 哪里 where | nǎ lǐ |
| 远 far | yuǎn |
| 那么 that; so; so much; to that degree | nà me |
| 旁边 side | páng biān |
| 场 field | chǎng |
| 运动 sports | yùn dòng |
| 中心 center | zhōng xīn |
| 上 (coll) to go | shàng |
| 法语 French (language) | fǎ yǔ |
| 中国话 Chinese (language) | zhōng guó huà |
| 电影院 movie theater | diàn yǐng yuàn |
| 医院 hospital | yī yuàn |
| 方向 direction | fāng xiàng |
| 墙 wall | qiáng |
| 黑板 blackboard | hēi bǎn |
| 只好 have to; be forced to | zhǐ hǎo |
| 西南 southwest | xī nán |
| 西北 northwest | xī běi |
| 东南 southeast | dōng nán |
| 东北 northeast | dōng běi |
| 外头(边,面) outside | wài tóu (biān, miàn) |
| 左边 (儿) left side | zuǒ biān (er) |
| 右边 (儿) right side | yòu biān (er) |
| 上边 (儿)/面 top | shàng biān (er)/miàn |
| 下边 (儿)/面 bottom | xià biān (er)/miàn |
| 前边 (儿)/面 front | qián biān (er)/miàn |
| 后边 (儿)/面 back | hòu biān (er)/miàn |
| 北边 (儿)/面 north side | běi biān (er)/miàn |
| 南边 (儿)/面 south side | nán biān (er)/miàn |
| 西边 (儿)/面 west side | xī biān (er)/miàn |
| 东边 (儿)/面 east side | dōng biān (er)/miàn |
| 田 field; a surname | tián |
| 金 gold; a surname | jīn |
| 京 (capital of a country) | jīng |