Directions in Chinese, 方位词, fāng wèi cí。
例字:Front, 前, qián。Back, 后, hòu。Middle, 中, zhōng。On, 上, shàng。Under, 下, xià。Left, 左, zuǒ。Right, 右, yòu。Inside, 里, lǐ。Outside, 外, wài。East, 东, dōng。South, 南, nán。West, 西, xī。North, 北, běi。
方位词 ,是表示方向或位置的词,分单纯词的和合成的两类。单纯的方位词是“上、下、前、后、左、右、东、西、南、北、里、外、中、内、旁”。
Locality words are words that indicate direction or position, and can be divided into two types: simple words and compound words. The simple location words are “up, down, front, back, left, right, east, west, south, north, inside, outside, middle, inside, and side.”