HSK 1 · Lesson 5 of 15

学校在哪儿

环境信息

14 minute lesson · editorial draft

学校在哪儿

Describe places and locations

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Learning goals

  • Ask where a place is.
  • Describe a place as big, small, good or nearby.
  • Recognize common place names and directions.

Core vocabulary

16 items
学校xuéxiào

school

超市chāoshì

supermarket

电影院diànyǐngyuàn

cinema

医院yīyuàn

hospital

饭店fàndiàn

restaurant

书店shūdiàn

bookstore

这里zhèlǐ

here

那里nàlǐ

there

哪儿nǎr

where

biān

side

qián

before; in front

hòu

after; behind

inside

wài

outside

big

xiǎo

small

Grammar

Location nouns

上 / 下 / 里 / 外 / 前 / 后

Use a location noun after a place or object.

书在桌子上。Shū zài zhuōzi shàng.The book is on the table.
学校在超市后边。Xuéxiào zài chāoshì hòubian.The school is behind the supermarket.

Existence with 有

place + 有 + noun

Use 有 to say that something exists in a place.

学校里有书店。Xuéxiào lǐ yǒu shūdiàn.There is a bookstore in the school.
这边有饭店。Zhèbiān yǒu fàndiàn.There is a restaurant here.

Dialogue

Maya请问,学校在哪儿?

Qǐngwèn, xuéxiào zài nǎr?

Excuse me, where is the school?
Lin学校在超市后边。

Xuéxiào zài chāoshì hòubian.

The school is behind the supermarket.
Maya学校大吗?

Xuéxiào dà ma?

Is the school big?
Lin很大,学校里还有一个书店。

Hěn dà, xuéxiào lǐ hái yǒu yí ge shūdiàn.

It is big, and there is also a bookstore inside.
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HSK 1 task coverage

This lesson maps to 问答环境信息 in the Level 1 communication-task syllabus. Its vocabulary and grammar references use the same IDs as the independent exercise library and mock-test question bank.

Practise this task in HSK Exercises