38.12 Vocabulary: Directions in a Shopping Mall

Below are some common expressions for giving directions in a shopping mall.

Indicating the current floor

呢度	係	三	樓	嚟	嘅	。
ni1 dou6	hai6	saam1	lau2	lai4	ge3	.
here	be	three	floor	SP	SP

Here is the third floor.

呢	層	係	第	三	層	嚟	嘅	。
ni1	cang4	hai6	dai6	saam1	cang4	lai4	ge3	.
this	floor	be	PRE	three	floor	SP	SP

This floor is the third floor.

Indicating the floor of a shop or facility

超級市場	喺	三	樓	。
ciu1 kap1 si5 coeng4	hai2	saam1	lau2	.
supermarket	be on	three	floor

The supermarket is on the third floor.

超級市場	喺	第	三	層	。
ciu1 kap1 si5 coeng4	hai2	dai6	saam1	cang4	.
supermarket	be on	PRE	three	floor

The supermarket is on the third floor.

超級市場	喺	地庫	二	樓	。
ciu1 kap1 si5 coeng4	hai2	dei6 fu3	ji6	lau2	.
supermarket	be on	basement	two	floor

The supermarket is on basement level two.

超級市場	喺	最	上 / 下	嗰	層	。
ciu1 kap1 si5 coeng4	hai2	zeoi3	soeng6 / haa6	go2	cang4	.
supermarket	be on	most	above / below	that	floor

The supermarket is on that top / lowest floor.

超級市場	喺	樓上 / 樓下	。
ciu1 kap1 si5 coeng4	hai2	lau4 soeng6 / lau4 haa6	.
supermarket	be on	upstairs / downstairs

The supermarket is upstairs / downstairs.

Indicating the movement direction

直	行	。
zik6	haang4	.
straight	walk

Walk straight.

The word 直 zik6 (‘straight’) is an adverb here. We put it before the verb 行 haang4 (‘to walk’).

直	去	。
zik6	heoi3	.
straight	go

Go straight.

10.

向	左 / 右	行	。
hoeng3	zo2 / jau6	haang4	.
toward	left / right	walk

Walk toward the left / right.

11.

轉	左 / 右	。
zyun3	zo2 / jau6	.
turn	left / right

Turn left / right.

When 左邊 zo2 bin6 / zo2 bin1 or 左面 zo2 min6 (‘left’) and 右邊 jau6 bin6 / jau6 bin1 or 右邊 jau6 min6 (‘right’) appears after 轉 zyun3 (‘to turn’), we often omit 邊 bin6 / bin1 or 面 min6.

12.

上去	上邊	。
soeng5 heoi3	soeng6 bin6	.
go up	above

Go up.

13.

落去	下邊	。
lok6 heoi3	haa6 bin6	.
go down	below

Go down.

14.

上去	樓上	。
soeng5 heoi3	lau4 soeng6	.
go up	upstairs

Go upstairs.

15.

落去	樓下	。
lok6 heoi3	lau4 haa6	.
go down	downstairs

Go downstairs.

16.

上去	二	樓	。
soeng5 heoi3	ji6	lau2	.
go up	two	floor

Go up to the second floor.

17.

落去	地下	。
lok6 heoi3	dei6 haa2	.
go down	ground floor

Go down to the ground floor.

18.

上 / 落	兩	層	。
soeng5 / lok6	loeng5	cang4	.
go up / go down	two	floor

Go up / down two floors.

Taking the elevator or escalator

In the expressions below, we will see the word 坐 co5 (‘to take’) frequently. We can replace 坐 co5 with 搭 daap3, which also means ‘to take’. They are interchangeable in this context.

19.

你	要	坐	扶手電梯	上 / 落	兩	層	。
nei5	jiu3	co5	fu4 sau2 din6 tai1	soeng5 / lok6	loeng5	cang4	.
you	need to	take	escalator	go up / go down	two	floor

You need to take the escalator to go up / down two floors.

20.

你	可以	坐	𨋢	上去 / 落去	。
nei5	ho2 ji5	co5	lip1	soeng5 heoi3 / lok6 heoi3	.
you	can	take	elevator	go up / go down

You can take the elevator to go up / down.

21.

你	可以	去	嗰邊	坐	𨋢	。
nei5	ho2 ji5	heoi3	go2 bin1	co5	lip1	.
you	can	go	that side	take	elevator

You can go to that side to take the elevator.

22.

嗰度	有	三	部	𨋢	。
go2 dou6	jau5	saam1	bou6	lip1	.
there	have	three	CL	elevator

There are three elevators there.

23.

坐	左邊	嗰	部	𨋢	。
co5	zo2 bin6	go2	bou6	lip1	.
take	left	that	CL	elevator

Take that left elevator.

24.

坐	左邊	嗰	兩	部	𨋢	。
co5	zo2 bin6	go2	loeng5	bou6	lip1	.
take	left	that	two	CL	elevator

Take those two elevators on the left.

25.

坐	最	右邊	嗰	部	𨋢	。
co5	zeoi3	jau6 bin6	go2	bou6	lip1	.
take	most	right	that	CL	elevator

Take that rightmost elevator.

26.

坐	中間	或者	右邊	嗰	部	𨋢	。
co5	zung1 gaan1	waak6 ze2	jau6 bin6	go2	bou6	lip1	.
take	middle	or	right	that	CL	elevator

Take that middle or right elevator.

27.

唔好	坐	右邊	嗰	部	𨋢	。
m4 hou2	co5	jau6 bin6	go2	bou6	lip1	.
don’t	take	right	that	CL	elevator

Don’t take that right elevator.

28.

入	到	𨋢	就	撳	十	字	。
jap6	dou3	lip1	zau6	gam6	sap6	zi6	.
go in	VP	elevator	then	press	ten	word

When you have gone into the elevator, then press 10 [the floor selection button].

29.

出	咗	𨋢	就	直	行	。
ceot1	zo2	lip1	zau6	zik6	haang4	.
go out	VP	elevator	then	straight	walk

When you have gone out of the elevator, then walk straight.

30.

上	到	去	三	樓	就	轉	左	。
soeng5	dou3	heoi3	saam1	lau2	zau6	zyun3	zo2	.
go up	VP	go	three	floor	then	turn	left

When you have gone up to the third floor, then turn left.

31.

落	到	去	第	三	層	就	轉	右	。
lok6	dou3	heoi3	dai6	saam1	cang4	zau6	zyun3	jau6	.
go down	VP	go	PRE	three	floor	then	turn	right

When you have gone down to the third floor, then turn right.

Indicating the destination

32.

直	去	就	係	溜冰場	。
zik6	heoi3	zau6	hai6	lau4 bing1 coeng4	.
straight	go	then	be	ice rink

If you go straight, then it is the ice rink.

33.

直	行	到	去	最尾 / 盡頭
zik6	haang4	dou3	heoi3	zeoi3 mei5 / zeon6 tau4
straight	walk	VP	go	end

就	係	溜冰場	。
zau6	hai6	lau4 bing1 coeng4	.
then	be	ice rink

If you walk straight to the end, then it is the ice rink.

34.

轉	左 / 右	就	有	洗手間	。
zyun3	zo2 / jau6	zau6	jau5	sai2 sau2 gaan1	.
turn	left / right	then	be	washroom

If you turn left / right, then there is a washroom.