· 9 lists · 361 words
Transport and travel
Town, directions, trains and planes, traffic, trips, hotels.
What holds these lists together
Directions in many northern Chinese cities are given by the compass rather than by left and right: 往北走, go north. The compass itself is said the other way round — south-east is 东南, east-south, with east and west always first. Travelling takes a verb for the way you sit: 坐 for anything you ride in as a passenger, from a bus to a plane, 骑 for anything you sit astride, such as a bicycle, and 开 when you drive. The means of travel comes before the verb of going: 我坐地铁去, I go by underground, is literally "I sit underground go". The lists run from the street corner and the first train ticket to the city plan and the routes goods travel.
The nine lists
Spread across the levels
The category runs across the levels — it is an area, not a difficulty. If you practise it, you can also choose a level at the top of the practice page and then get only the part that sits there.
| Level | Words | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 40 | 11 % |
| 2 | 83 | 23 % |
| 3 | 120 | 33 % |
| 4 | 48 | 13 % |
| 5 | 70 | 19 % |
Practise this category
Multiple choice and gaps, across all nine lists and all 361 words. Whatever you get wrong comes back tomorrow.