Modern Mandarin Chinese Grammar

talking about turning

48.2

48.1.2 talking about ‘going to’ a destination

到 destination 去

dào destination qù

to [a destination] go = go to a destination

or

去 qù destination

go (to) a destination

我想到图书馆去。 or 我想去图书馆。

我想到圖書館去。 我想去圖書館。

Wǒ xiǎng dào túshūguǎn qù. Wǒ xiǎng qù túshūguǎn.

I want to go to the library. I want to go to the library.

48.1.3 talking about ‘coming to’ a destination

到 destination 来/來

dào destination lái

to [a place] come (come to a place)

or

来/來 lái destination

come to a destination

你什么时候到我家来？ or 你什么时候来我家？

你甚麼時候到我家來？ 你甚麼時候來我家？

Nǐ shénme shíhòu dào wǒ jiā lái? Nǐ shénme shíhòu lái wǒ jiā?

When are you coming to my house? When are you coming to my house?

48.1.4 talking about ‘coming from’ a location

从/從 location 来/來

cóng location lái

from location come (come from a location)

她刚从美国来。

她剛從美國來。

Tā gāng cóng Měiguó lái.

She just came from America.

C14.2.4

48.2 Talking about turning

Turning is a type of movement toward a direction. Therefore, it may be expressed with the

prepositions 往 wǎng, 向 xiàng, and 朝 cháo.

To talk about turning, say:

[往/向/朝] (direction) 拐

[wǎng/xiàng/cháo] (direction) guǎi

turn toward (direction)

[往]左拐。 [向]右拐。 [朝]北拐。

[Wǎng] zuǒ guǎi. [Xiàng] yòu guǎi. [Cháo] běi guǎi.

Turn left. Turn right. Turn north.