Places & city

Buildings, places around town and location words.

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Word list: Places & city

Buildings, places around town and location words. Below you'll find all 76 words in simplified characters (with the traditional form where it differs), with pinyin and the English meaning. Click 🔊 to listen to the pronunciation.

Chinese	Traditional	Pinyin	English	HSK
北方		běifāng	north	HSK 3
城市		chéngshì	city or town	HSK 3
地方		dìfang	place	HSK 3
附近		fùjìn	vicinity	HSK 3
公园	公園	gōngyuán	public park	HSK 3
街道		jiēdào	street	HSK 3
楼	樓	lóu	story	HSK 3
图书馆	圖書館	túshūguǎn	library	HSK 3
长城	長城	chángchéng	the Great Wall	HSK 4
长江	長江	Chángjiāng	the Yangtze River	HSK 4
地点	地點	dìdiǎn	place	HSK 4
地址		dìzhǐ	address	HSK 4
郊区	郊區	jiāoqū	suburbs	HSK 4
桥	橋	qiáo	bridge	HSK 4
入口		rùkǒu	entrance	HSK 4
首都		shǒudū	capital	HSK 4
邮局	郵局	yóujú	post office	HSK 4
周围	周圍	zhōuwéi	surroundings	HSK 4
博物馆	博物館	bówùguǎn	museum	HSK 5
大厦	大廈	dàshà	large building	HSK 5
单元	單元	dānyuán	unit	HSK 5
当地	當地	dāngdì	local	HSK 5
地区	地區	dìqū	an area	HSK 5
隔壁		gébì	next door	HSK 5
公寓		gōngyù	apartment building	HSK 5
广场	廣場	guǎngchǎng	public square	HSK 5
胡同		hútòng	lane	HSK 5
家乡	家鄉	jiāxiāng	hometown	HSK 5
建设	建設	jiànshè	to build	HSK 5
建筑	建築	jiànzhù	a building	HSK 5
酒吧		jiǔbā	bar	HSK 5
内部	內部	nèibù	internal	HSK 5
农村	農村	nóngcūn	rural area	HSK 5
设施	設施	shèshī	facilities	HSK 5
台阶	台階	táijiē	flight of steps	HSK 5
位于		wèiyú	be located at	HSK 5
位置		wèizhi	position	HSK 5
县	縣	xiàn	county	HSK 5
中心		zhōngxīn	center	HSK 5
闭塞	閉塞	bìsè	stop up	HSK 6
边疆	邊疆	biānjiāng	border area	HSK 6
边界	邊界	biānjiè	boundary	HSK 6
边境	邊境	biānjìng	frontier	HSK 6
仓库	倉庫	cāngkù	depot	HSK 6
场所	場所	chǎngsuǒ	location	HSK 6
城堡		chéngbǎo	castle	HSK 6
繁华	繁華	fánhuá	flourishing	HSK 6
方圆	方圓	fāngyuán	circumference	HSK 6
废墟	廢墟	fèixū	ruins	HSK 6
坟墓	墳墓	fénmù	tomb	HSK 6
宫殿	宮殿	gōngdiàn	palace	HSK 6
故乡	故鄉	gùxiāng	hometown	HSK 6
海滨	海濱	hǎibīn	shore	HSK 6
角落		jiǎoluò	corner	HSK 6
就近		jiùjìn	nearby	HSK 6
领事馆	領事館	lǐngshìguǎn	consulate	HSK 6
偏僻		piānpì	remote and isolated	HSK 6
区域	區域	qūyù	area	HSK 6
社区	社區	shèqū	community	HSK 6
省会	省會	shěnghuì	provincial capital	HSK 6
塔		tǎ	pagoda	HSK 6
亭子		tíngzi	pavilion	HSK 6
现场	現場	xiànchǎng	scene	HSK 6
乡镇	鄉鎮	xiāngzhèn	village and town	HSK 6
巷		xiàng	lane	HSK 6
修建		xiūjiàn	to build	HSK 6
沿海		yánhǎi	coastal	HSK 6
园林	園林	yuánlín	gardens	HSK 6
中央		zhōngyāng	central	HSK 6
州		zhōu	province	HSK 6
周边	周邊	zhōubiān	surrounding	HSK 6
电影院	電影院	diànyǐngyuàn	cinema	Daily life
咖啡店		kāfēidiàn	café	Daily life
书店	書店	shūdiàn	bookshop	Daily life
动物园	動物園	dòngwùyuán	zoo	Daily life
网吧	網吧	wǎngbā	internet café	Daily life

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