‘民族服装’ literally means ‘ethnic group clothi

'Friends' home' is a compound noun formed by combi

‘Jīnxīng’ literally means ‘metal star’—a tr

‘卫星’ literally means ‘guardian star’—‘卫’

‘Wén míng’ (文明) literally combines ‘wén’

'Míng xìn piàn' literally combines three charac

‘Míng Cháo’ (Ming Dynasty) refers to the imper

背影 (bèi yǐng) literally combines 背 (bèi), me

‘影院’ literally combines ‘影’ (yǐng), meanin

'杂货店' (zá huò diàn) literally breaks down as

'Xiao mai bu' literally means 'small sell departme

书店 (shū diàn) literally means 'book store' —

酒店 (jiǔ diàn) literally means 'alcohol shop',

饭店 (fàn diàn) literally means 'rice shop'—com

店铺 (diàn pù) is a common noun meaning 'shop' o

'Lawyer' is a compound noun formed from two charac

客房 literally means 'guest room' — 客 (kè) mean

客车 (kè chē) literally means 'guest vehicle' —

'乘客' (chéng kè) literally combines '乘' (to ri

顾客 (gù kè) literally combines 顾 (gù), meanin

‘空姐’ (kōng jiě) literally means ‘air sister

‘太空’ (tài kōng) literally combines ‘太’ (t

‘地块’ (dì kuài) literally combines ‘地’ (d

'坐地铁' literally means 'sit on the subway' but f

'Zuò chuán' literally combines 'zuò' (to sit) a

'Zuò fēi jī' literally means 'to sit on a flyin

座位 (zuò wèi) literally combines 座 (zuò), mea

'Shāng rén' literally combines 'shāng' (commerc

'Shāngdiàn' literally combines 'shāng' (commerc

'商业' (shāng yè) is a compound noun meaning 'bu

哪边 literally combines 哪 (nǎ), meaning 'which',

'Nǎr' is a colloquial, contracted form of 'nǎ l

哪里 (nǎ lǐ) is an interrogative pronoun meaning

'哪儿呢' (nǎr ne) is a colloquial, contracted for

‘Běi bànqiú’ literally means ‘north half-sph

‘北面’ literally combines 北 (běi, 'north') and

‘Běifēng’ literally means ‘north wind’—a co

北极 (běijí) literally means 'north extreme' —

北方 literally means 'north direction' — 北 (běi

‘Liù hé’ literally means ‘the six directions