Mandarin Learning Basic

If we go to china or the country that use the chinese/mandarin as a main language. Maybe the sign and directions on the road not available in English. So we need to know the meaning of it. Ok, I will tell some of it:

到达 ‘dao(4) da(2)’ means ‘arrival’
休业 ‘xiu(1) ye(4)’ means ‘closed’
公共气车站 ‘gong(1) gong(4) qi(4) che(1) zhan(4)’ this is ‘bus stop’
海关 ‘hai(3) guan(1)’ this means ‘customs’
外币对换所 ‘wai(4) bi(4) dui(4) huan(4) suo(3)’ this is ‘currency exchange office or money changer’
危险 ‘wei(1) xian(3)’ means ‘danger’
出发 ‘chu(1) fa(1)’ means ‘departure’
下 ‘xia(4)’ means ‘down’
入口 ‘ru(4) kou(3)’ this means ‘entrance’
出口 ‘chu(1) kou(3) opposite with entrance, this is ‘exit’
出租 ‘chu(1) zu(1)’ means ‘for rent’
前面 ‘qian(2) mian(4)’ means ‘front’
去 ‘qu(4)’ means ‘go’
入 ‘ru(4)’ means ‘in’
保持左 ‘bao(3) zhi(2) zuo(3)’ it means ‘keep left’
保持右 ‘bao(3) zhi(2) you(4)’ the opposite this is ‘keep right’
左 ‘zuo(3)’ means ‘left’
男厕 ‘nan(2) ce(4)’ this is the ‘bathroom(for men)’
有人在工作 ‘you(3) ren(2) zai(4) gong(1) zuo(4)’ means ‘men at work’
禁止入场 ‘jin(4) zhi(3) ru(4) chang(3)’ means ‘no admittance’
禁止摄影 ‘jin(4) zhi(3) she(4) ying(3)’ means ‘no cameras allowed’
禁止进入 ‘jin(4) zhi(3) jin(4) ru(4)’ this means ‘no entry’
禁止饮食 ‘jin(4) zhi(3) yin(3) shi(2)’ this means ‘no food or drinking’
禁倒垃圾 ‘jin(4) dao(4) la(1) ji(1)’ this means ‘no littering’
禁止停车 ‘jin(4) zhi(3) ting(2) che(1)’ this means ‘no parking’
禁止听收音机 ‘jin(4) zhi(3) ting(1) shou(1) yin(1) ji(1)’ meaning ‘no radios’
禁止吸烟 ‘jin(4) zhi(3) xi(1) yan(1)’ meaning ‘no smoking’
禁止吐痰 ‘jin(4) zhi(3) tu(4) tan(2)’ meaning ‘no spitting’
禁止游泳 ‘jin(4) zhi(3) you(2) yong(3)’ meaning ‘no swimming’
禁止倾入 ‘jin(4) zhi(3) qin(1) ru(4)’ means ‘no trespassing’
有人占有 ‘you(3) ren(2) zhan(4) you(3)’ this means ‘occupied’

Yeah, so more ‘no’ in the sign..hehe, just bring to heel and enjoy our travel..
See you in the next post…