Places in Chinese | Your Guide to ALL the Key Vocab

Knowing how to say a few places in Chinese will get you far in a conversation.

• Want to explain where you went this weekend?
• What about where you have to go this afternoon?

There’s never enough vocabulary to learn, right?

This article is meant as a starting point for beginners in terms of places to know about.

It is here to help you build more complex sentences and be able to explain more about your weekend’s activities in your next Chinese class.

We’ll add short chapters with more details for certain locations, so you can be sure you’ll be learning even more Chinese vocabulary today.

Places in Chinese | Common Places

Places in Chinese | Sentence Structure

Places in Chinese | Bank

Places in Chinese | Pharmacy

Places in Chinese | Hospital

Places in Chinese | School

Places in Chinese | Travel Agency

BONUS | Test Your Knowledge

First things first:

Place in Chinese is 地方 dìfāng

Common Places in Chinese

Here’s a list of common places in Chinese you should learn first.

There are of course a lot more places we could include in this table, but this article is meant for beginner students.

Let’s crack on

If you’d like to share more places your learned in class or during self-study, make sure to write a comment below!

Places in Chinese are listed in alphabetical order:

Places in Chinese | Sentence Structure

To indicate the location where the activity or event takes place, you need to use the following sentence structure:

Subject + 在 + Place + Verb (+ Object)

在 (zài) is a preposition you will see very often in your Chinese studies, considering it is the 8th most common Chinese character!

Let’s have a look at some examples, so you know how to use it in a sentence:

NOTE – In English, location is usually put at the end of a sentence. In Chinese, location is usually put after the subject but before the verb.

Make sure to build your sentence in the right order!

在 actually has more than one usage, and can be used as a verb or a complement.

We’ve put together a very useful guide on how to use 在 with lots of sentence examples to make it easier to understand.

Make sure to check it out and add it to your favourites, so you can always come back to check some Chinese Grammar points you’re unsure about!

CHINESE GRAMMAR BANK | Find more lessons like this one in our Grammar Bank.

Bank in Chinese | 银行 yín háng

Let’s teach you some words you could need at your next visit to the bank.

Going to the bank in China can be an arduous experience.

The queue is usually quite long and depending on your city, bank employees might not be used to foreign documentation, making it an even more awkward experience.

Hopefully this will help you a bit.

If you’d like to discover more, check out our articles about money in Chinese, and this one about Chinese currency.

Want even more? We also have one about cryptocurrency in Chinese. Don’t say we don’t look after you!

Pharmacy in Chinese | 药房 yào fáng

If you forgot to bring some items for your first aid kit before you come to China, fear not!

Here’s a list of common items you can find in every pharmacy.

Check out our dedicated article for more vocabulary related to Health in Chinese.

Hospital in Chinese |  医院 yīyuàn

Following the previous vocab topic, here we go for more vocabulary related to hospital in Chinese.

You can discover what it’s like to visit a Chinese hospital from the perspective of a foreigner as LTL student Tereza and her Mum Lenka document.

Hospital in China 👩🏾‍⚕️ No Need To Worry // Lenka and Tereza’s Story

Hospital in China – This is the story of Lenka and her daughter Tereza, from the Czech Republic. Unfortunately during their first month, Tereza became sick.

School in Chinese | 学校 xué xiào

Get ready for school!

With this vocabulary, you’ll be ready to state what you have in your pencil case and find your way around school, all in Chinese.

• Check this page for all words about stationery in Chinese
• And this one for more school vocab in Chinese

Travel Agency in Chinese | 旅行社 lǚ xíng shè

Are you planning to come to China?

Either for work, leisure or studies, you might want to write the following vocabulary down.

How about that! Not only did you learn about the most common places in Chinese, you also got to learn a LOT more vocabulary on your journey.

We hope this helped you improve the way you describe your holidays or weekends in more detail.

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VOCABULARY QUIZ

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BONUS | Like learning this kind of stuff? Why not discover these other languages too? You’ll notice some similarities between them which makes it much more fun to study!

• Places in Japanese
• Places in Korean

PLACES IN CHINESE – FAQ’S