Below is a floor plan of a shopping mall. Listen to the descriptions and match the shop or facility to each floor.

* This sentence is standard written Chinese. It often appears in the floor plan of a shopping mall.

酒樓喺五樓。 zau2 lau4 hai2 ng5 lau2. The Chinese restaurant is on the fifth floor.

美食廣場喺三樓。 mei5 sik6 gwong2 coeng4 hai2 saam1 lau2. The food court is on the third floor.

戲院同溜冰場都喺一樓。 hei3 jyun2 tung4 lau4 bing1 coeng4 dou1 hai2 jat1 lau2. Both the movie theater and the ice rink are on the first floor.

超級市場喺地下。 ciu1 kap1 si5 coeng4 hai2 dei6 haa2. The supermarket is on the ground floor.

One of the floors has disappeared from the shopping mall. Which floor is it? Can you guess why?

Listen to a conversation between a customer and a customer service representative at the shopping mall. The customer is looking for a shop or facility. Write down the shop or facility.

________

客 haak3
職員 zik1 jyun4
客 haak3
職員 zik1 jyun4
客 haak3
職員 zik1 jyun4

Listen to the conversation again. Read the script while listening. Check your answer.

客 haak3	唔好意思，請問超級市場喺幾多樓呀？ m4 hou2 ji3 si1, cing2 man6 ciu1 kap1 si5 coeng4 hai2 gei2 do1 lau2 aa3? Excuse me. May I ask what floor the supermarket is on?
職員 zik1 jyun4	超級市場喺地下。 ciu1 kap1 si5 coeng4 hai2 dei6 haa2. The supermarket is on the ground floor.
客 haak3	呢度係幾多樓嚟㗎？ ni1 dou6 hai6 gei2 do1 lau2 lai4 gaa3? What floor is here?
職員 zik1 jyun4	呢度係二樓嚟嘅，你要坐扶手電梯落兩層。 ni1 dou6 hai6 ji6 lau2 lai4 ge3, nei5 jiu3 co5 fu4 sau2 din6 tai1 lok6 loeng5 cang4. Here is the second floor. You need to take the escalator to go down two floors.
客 haak3	好，唔該晒。 hou2, m4 goi1 saai3. Good. [= Okay.] Thank you so much.
職員 zik1 jyun4	唔使客氣。 m4 sai2 haak3 hei3. No problem.

Listen and repeat.

Replace the highlighted words in the script with information about other places on the floor plan to make your conversations.

In the Grammar and Vocabulary section, you will learn:

• Location Expressions III
• Floors in a Building
• Number of Floors
• The Question Word 點 dim2 / 點樣 dim2 joeng2 (‘how’) II (Way)
• Imperative Sentences
• Sequence Words
• The Verbal Particle 到 dou3 (Arrival)
• The Conjunction 就 zau6 II (‘then’)
• Serial Verb Constructions V (Method)
• Vocabulary List
• Vocabulary: Facilities in a Shopping Mall
• Vocabulary: Directions in a Shopping Mall

In this lesson, we will learn the new location expressions below. Some of them end with 邊 bin6 / bin1 (‘side’) or 面 min6 (‘side’). 邊 bin is usually more often pronounced with Tone 6 (bin6) nowadays.

For expressions with more than one pronunciation, we will only use the highlighted pronunciations in this book. You can focus on them first and learn the other pronunciations later.

1.		上邊	soeng6 bin6 / soeng6 bin1	above, on
		上面	soeng6 min6
2.		下邊	haa6 bin6 / haa6 bin1	below, under
		下面	haa6 min6
3.		樓上	lau4 soeng6	upstairs
4.		樓下	lau4 haa6	downstairs

We can add the word 最 zeoi3 (‘most’) before these location expressions to indicate the furthest point of a direction.

When we add 最 zeoi3, we can optionally omit the word 邊 bin6 / bin1 or 面 min6. When 邊 bin6 / bin1 or 面 min6 is omitted, 上 soeng6 is sometimes said with Tone 5 as soeng5.

Below are some alternative expressions for ‘top’ or ‘lowest’. They are supplementary and won’t appear in the exercises or activities.

5.		最高	zeoi3 gou1	most + high = highest
6.		最頂	zeoi3 deng2	most + top = topmost
7.		最低	zeoi3 dai1	most + low = lowest
8.		最底	zeoi3 dai2	most + bottom = bottommost
9.		最落	zeoi3 lok6	most + down = lowest

To refer to the end of a path, we can say:

10.		最尾	zeoi3 mei5 / zeoi3 mei1	end (literally ‘most + end’)
11.		盡頭	zeon6 tau4	end (literally ‘utmost + front’)

To refer to a specific floor in a building (e.g., the second floor, the third floor), we first say the floor number and then the word 樓 lau2 (‘floor’) or 層 cang4 (‘floor’). 第 dai6 is the prefix for ordinal numbers (as in 第一 dai6 jat1 ‘first’, 第二 dai6 ji6 ‘second’). When using 樓 lau2, we can add 第 dai6 before the floor number, but we more often don’t. When using 層 cang4, we usually add 第 dai6 before the floor number. Note that we use 二 ji6 instead of 兩 loeng5 for ‘the second floor’. In this book, we will use PRE to indicate a prefix in English translations.

We can use the following expressions to refer to the top or lowest floor. We add 呢 ni1 if we are currently at the specific floor and 嗰 go2 if we don’t.

1.		最上 + 呢 + 層	zeoi3 soeng6 + ni1 + cang4	this top floor
		最上 + 嗰 + 層	zeoi3 soeng6 + go2 + cang4	that top floor
2.		最下 + 呢 + 層	zeoi3 haa6 + ni1 + cang4	this lowest floor
		最下 + 嗰 + 層	zeoi3 haa6 + go2 + cang4	that lowest floor

Below are some alternative expressions for referring to the top or lowest floor. They are supplementary and won’t appear in the exercises or activities.

3.		最高 + 呢 + 層	zeoi3 gou1 + ni1 + cang4	this highest floor
		最高 + 嗰 + 層	zeoi3 gou1 + go2 + cang4	that highest floor
4.		最頂 + 呢 + 層	zeoi3 deng2 + ni1 + cang4	this topmost floor
		最頂 + 嗰 + 層	zeoi3 deng2 + go2 + cang4	that topmost floor
5.		最低 + 呢 + 層	zeoi3 dai1 + ni1 + cang4	this lowest floor
		最低 + 嗰 + 層	zeoi3 dai1 + go2 + cang4	that lowest floor
6.		最底 + 呢 + 層	zeoi3 dai2 + ni1 + cang4	this bottommost floor
		最底 + 嗰 + 層	zeoi3 dai2 + go2 + cang4	that bottommost floor
7.		最落 + 呢 + 層	zeoi3 lok6 + ni1 + cang4	this lowest floor
		最落 + 嗰 + 層	zeoi3 lok6 + go2 + cang4	that lowest floor

Here are the expressions for other floors in a building:

8.		地下	dei6 haa2	ground floor In Hong Kong, we often use 地下 dei6 haa2 to refer to the floor at the ground level.
9.		地庫	dei6 fu3	basement
		地牢	dei6 lou4
10.		天台	tin1 toi2	rooftop

If the basement has more than one floor, we put the specific floor after 地庫 dei6 fu3 or 地牢 dei6 lou4.

To mean ‘to go up to the first floor, to go down the ground floor, etc.’, we use the verb 上去 soeng5 heoi3 (‘to go up’) or 落去 lok6 heoi3 (‘to go down’).

To ask what floor a shop or facility is on, we can use the question expressions 幾多樓 gei2 do1 lau2 / 幾樓 gei2 lau2 (‘what floor’), 邊層 bin1 cang4 (‘which floor’) or 第幾層 dai6 gei2 cang4 (‘what floor’). Note that we usually only use 幾 gei2 but not 幾多 gei2 do1 after 第 dai6.

To mean ‘this floor’ or ‘that floor’, we combine 呢 ni1 (‘this’) or 嗰 go2 (‘that’) with 層 cang4, but not 樓 lau2. 層 cang4 is a classifier itself so we don’t need to add a classifier.

To indicate the number of floors (e.g., two floors, four floors), we use the classifier 層 cang4 (‘floor’). Note that we use 兩 loeng5 instead of 二 ji6 for ‘two floors’.

To mean ‘to go up one floor, to go down two floors, etc.’, we put the number of floors after 上 soeng5 (‘to go up’) or 落 lok6 (‘to go down’).

Below are some expressions that look similar. Pay attention to their meanings.

To ask how many floors we need to go up or go down, we can put the question expression 幾多層 gei2 do1 cang4 / 幾層 gei2 cang4 (‘how many + floor’) after 上 soeng5 or 落 lok6.

In Grammar and Vocabulary 33.8, we learned to use the question word 點 dim2 / 點樣 dim2 joeng2 (‘how’) to form a question that elicits opinions about something or someone.

We can also use 點 dim2 / 點樣 dim2 joeng2 to form a question that elicits the way or method to do an activity (e.g., how to get to a place, how to make a dish). We put 點 dim2 / 點樣 dim2 joeng2 before the verb of the activity.

For this type of question, the object is often moved to the beginning of the question and becomes the topic. Note we put 請問 cing2 man6 before the topic.

If we need to add a modal verb (e.g., 要 jiu3 ‘to need to’), we can put 點 dim2 / 點樣 dim2 joeng2 after the modal verb and before the verb for the activity.

It is possible to put 點 dim2 / 點樣 dim2 joeng2 before certain modal verbs, but we won’t examine that here.

Imperative sentences are sentences used to give instructions or commands (e.g., walk toward this side and turn left). In this lesson, we will use imperative sentences to give directions.

We use an imperative sentence to ask the listener to do an action. The subject of the sentence will generally be the listener. We will usually use 你 nei5 (‘you’) to refer to the listener. We can mention the subject explicitly or omit it.

If there is more than one listener, the subject will become 你哋 nei5 dei6 (‘you’, plural).

To ask the listener not to do an action, we put 唔好 m4 hou2 (don’t) before the action.

When giving instructions with several steps, we often add sequence words. Here are some common sequence words:

Note that when giving instructions with several steps, we don’t usually use 第一 dai6 jat1 (‘first’), 第二 dai6 ji6 (‘second’), 第三 dai6 saam1 (‘third’), etc. as the sequence words in Cantonese.

We put a sequence word at the beginning of the sentence.

If there is a subject in the sentence, we can put the sequence word before or after the subject.

In Grammar and Vocabulary 37.9, we learned that the verb 到 dou3 means ‘to arrive’.

We can also use the word 到 dou3 as a verbal particle. We use the verbal particle 到 dou3 with verbs involving movement of a person to indicate that the person has completed the movement and arrived at the location specified in the object.

We can use 到 dou3 with the verbs 去 heoi3 (‘to go’) or 嚟 lai4 (‘to come’).

We can also use 到 dou3 with a directional verb.

If 去 heoi3 or 嚟 lai4 is added after the directional verb to indicate the direction of the movement, we put 到 dou3 between the directional verb and 去 heoi3 or 嚟 lai4.

We also often use 到 dou3 with the verb 行 haang4 (‘to walk’). If we want to indicate the destination, we can add 去 heoi3 or 嚟 lai4. We put 到 dou3 between 行 haang4 and 去 heoi3 or 嚟 lai4.

In Grammar and Vocabulary 14.4, we learned to use the conjunction 就 zau6 to show contrast between people or things.

The conjunction 就 zau6 can also mean ‘then’. We use 就 zau6 to connect two parts in a sentence. 就 zau6 indicates that if the condition in the first part is fulfilled, then the result in the second part will be accomplished. The two parts can be an action (e.g., you turn left) or a state (e.g., it is the movie theater). We don’t add a subject in the second part.

The second part can also be a follow-up action. In this case, 就 zau6 indicates that when the condition in the first part is fulfilled, then the follow-up action should be completed.

In Grammar and Vocabulary 8.5, 16.4, 18.2, and 23.2, we learned to form serial verb constructions.

We will see another meaning relationship in this lesson: the first verb phrase indicates the method of doing the activity in the second verb phrase. That is, the first verb phrase describes how we do the activity in the second verb phrase.

The first verb phrase 坐扶手電梯 co5 fu4 sau2 din6 tai1 indicates the method of the second verb phrase 上去 soeng5 heoi3. The speaker asks the listener to go up by taking the escalator. The first verb phrase 搭𨋢 daap3 lip1 indicates the method of the second verb phrase 落去 lok6 heoi3. The speaker asks the listener to go down by taking the elevator.

The verb 用 jung6 means ‘to use’. It is commonly used in the first verb phrase to indicate the method. We put a tool after 用 jung6.

For expressions with more than one pronunciation, we will only use the highlighted pronunciations in this book. You can focus on them first and learn the other pronunciations later.

1.		層	cang4	CL	(Used to indicate number of floors, e.g., 兩層 loeng5 cang4 ‘two floors’)
2.		Number + 樓	Number + lau2	N	… floor (e.g., 二樓 ji6 lau2 ‘the second floor’)
3.		第 + Number + 層	dai6 + Number + cang4	N	… floor (e.g., 第二層 dai6 ji6 cang4 ‘the second floor’)
4.		地下	dei6 haa2	N	ground floor
5.		地庫	dei6 fu3	N	basement
		地牢	dei6 lou4
6.		天台	tin1 toi2	N	rooftop
7.		上邊	soeng6 bin6 / soeng6 bin1	N, Post	above, on
		上面	soeng6 min6
8.		下邊	haa6 bin6 / haa6 bin1	N, Post	below, under
		下面	haa6 min6
9.		樓上	lau4 soeng6	N, Post	upstairs
10.		樓下	lau4 haa6	N, Post	downstairs
11.		最尾	zeoi3 mei5	Exp	end (literally ‘most + end’)
			zeoi3 mei1
12.		盡頭	zeon6 tau4	N	end (literally ‘utmost + front’)
13.		行	haang4	V	to walk
		行 + 去 / 嚟 + Location	haang4 + heoi3 / lai4 + Location		to walk to a location
14.		直	zik6	Adv	straight
15.		坐	co5	V	to take (Used with elevators, escalators or means of transportation)
16.		搭	daap3	V	to take (Used with elevators, escalators or means of transportation)
17.		撳 / 㩒	gam6	V	to press
18.		Number + 字	Number + zi6	N	word (Used to refer to the number on the floor selection button in an elevator)
19.		帶 + Person + 去 / 嚟 + Location	daai3 + Person + heoi3 / lai4 + Location	V	to take someone to a location
20.		到	dou3	VP	(Used with verbs involving movement of a person to indicate arrival)
21.		首先	sau2 sin1	Adv	first
22.		跟住	gan1 zyu6	Adv	and then
23.		之後	zi1 hau6	Adv	after that
24.		然後	jin4 hau6	Adv	after that
25.		最後	zeoi3 hau6	Adv	at last
26.		就	zau6	Conj	then (Used to connect the condition and the result or follow-up action in a sentence)
27.		點	dim2	QW	how (Used to ask for the way or method to do an activity)
		點樣	dim2 joeng2
28.		幾多樓	gei2 do1 lau2	QExp	what floor
		幾樓	gei2 lau2
29.		邊層	bin1 cang4	QExp	which floor
30.		第幾層	dai6 gei2 cang4	QExp	what floor
31.		幾多層	gei2 do1 cang4	QExp	how many floors
		幾層	gei2 cang4

The rightmost column is the classifiers we use with the nouns.

1.		美食廣場	mei5 sik6 gwong2 coeng4	food court	個go3
		food court
2.		溜冰場	lau4 bing1 coeng4	ice rink	個go3
3.		溜冰	lau4 bing1	to ice-skate
4.		櫃員機	gwai6 jyun4 gei1	ATM	部 bou6
5.		洗手間	sai2 sau2 gaan1	washroom	個go3
6.		廁所	ci3 so2	toilet (less polite to some people)	個go3
7.		去洗手間	heoi3 sai2 sau2 gaan1	to go to the washroom
8.		去廁所	heoi3 ci3 so2	to go to the toilet
9.		屙尿	o1 niu6	to pee
10.		揸水	zaa1 seoi2	to pee (for males, literally ‘to squeeze + water’)
11.		屙屎	o1 si2	to do a poo
12.		停車場	ting4 ce1 coeng4	parking lot	個go3
13.		泊車	paak3 ce1	to park the car
14.		攞車	lo2 ce1	to get the car
15.		𨋢	lip1	elevator	部 bou6
		升降機	sing1 gong3 gei1
16.		坐𨋢	co5 lip1	to take the elevator
		坐升降機	co5 sing1 gong3 gei1
		搭𨋢	daap3 lip1
		搭升降機	daap3 sing1 gong3 gei1
17.		扶手電梯	fu4 sau2 din6 tai1	escalator	部 bou6
18.		坐扶手電梯	co5 fu4 sau2 din6 tai1	to take the escalator
		搭扶手電梯	daap3 fu4 sau2 din6 tai1

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

Indicating the current floor

1. 

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.

2. 

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

3. 

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.

4. 

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.

5. 

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.

6.   

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.

7.   

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

8. 

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’).

9. 

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.

In the Communication section, you will learn:

• Finding a Place in a Shopping Mall

If we can’t find a place in a shopping mall, we can approach the staff and get help.

職員 zik1 jyun4

客 haak3

1. 

唔好意思	。
m4 hou2 ji3 si1	.
excuse me

Excuse me.

2.   

你好	，	請問	有	咩	幫	到	你	嘅	？
nei5 hou2	,	cing2 man6	jau5	me1	bong1	dou2	nei5	ge2	?
hello		may I ask	have	what	help	VP	you	SP

Hello. May I ask if there is anything that I am able to help you with?

• The verbal particle 到 dou2 in this question is different from the verbal particle 到 dou3 for indicating arrival. 到 dou2 adds the meaning of ‘to be able to’ to the verb. We will learn more about it in the next lesson.

To ask if the shopping mall has a specific type of shop or facility, we can say:

3. 

請問	呢度	有	冇	超級市場	㗎	？
cing2 man6	ni1 dou6	jau5	mou5	ciu1 kap1 si5 coeng4	gaa3	?
may I ask	here	have	not have	supermarket	SP

May I ask if there is a supermarket here?

4.   

有	呀	，	超級市場	喺	地庫	。
jau5	aa3	,	ciu1 kap1 si5 coeng4	hai2	dei6 fu3	.
have	SP		supermarket	be in	basement

Yes, the supermarket is in the basement.

5.    

唔好意思	，	冇	呀	，
m4 hou2 ji3 si1	,	mou5	aa3	,
sorry		not have	SP

你	可以	去	隔籬	個	商場	。
nei5	ho2 ji5	heoi3	gaak3 lei4	go3	soeng1 coeng4	.
you	can	go	next	CL	shopping mall

Sorry, no. You can go to the next shopping mall.

To ask what floor a shop or facility is on, we can say:

6.   

請問	超級市場	喺	幾多樓 / 幾樓	呀	？
cing2 man6	ciu1 kap1 si5 coeng4	hai2	gei2 do1 lau2 / gei2 lau2	aa3	?
may I ask	supermarket	be on	what floor	SP

May I ask what floor the supermarket is on?

7. 

請問	超級市場	喺	邊	層	呀	？
cing2 man6	ciu1 kap1 si5 coeng4	hai2	bin1	cang4	aa3	?
may I ask	supermarket	be on	which	floor	SP

May I ask which floor the supermarket is on?

8. 

請問	超級市場	喺	第幾層	呀	？
cing2 man6	ciu1 kap1 si5 coeng4	hai2	dai6 gei2 cang4	aa3	?
may I ask	supermarket	be on	what floor	SP

May I ask what floor the supermarket is on?

9. 

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.

10.   

呢度	係	幾多樓 / 幾樓	嚟	㗎	？
ni1 dou6	hai6	gei2 do1 lau2 / gei2 lau2	lai4	gaa3	?
here	be	what floor	SP	SP

What floor is here?

11. 

呢	層	係	邊	層	嚟	㗎	？
ni1	cang4	hai6	bin1	cang4	lai4	gaa3	?
this	floor	be	which	floor	SP	SP

Which floor is this floor?

12. 

呢	層	係	第幾層	嚟	㗎	？
ni1	cang4	hai6	dai6 gei2 cang4	lai4	gaa3	?
this	floor	be	what floor	SP	SP

What floor is this floor?

13.   

呢度	係	五	樓	嚟	嘅	，
ni1 dou6	hai6	ng5	lau2	lai4	ge3	,
here	be	five	floor	SP	SP

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

Here is the fifth floor.

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

We can also ask the number of floors we need to go up or down directly.

14.   

請問	超級市場
cing2 man6	ciu1 kap1 si5 coeng4
may I ask	supermarket

要	上	幾多 / 幾	層	呀	？
jiu3	soeng5	gei2 do1 / gei2	cang4	aa3	?
need to	go up	how many	floor	SP

May I ask for the supermarket,

how many floors I need to go up?

• The noun 超級市場 ciu1 kap1 si5 coeng4 at the beginning is the topic of the question.

15. 

超級市場	要	上	兩	層	。
ciu1 kap1 si5 coeng4	jiu3	soeng5	loeng5	cang4	.
supermarket	need to	go up	two	floors

For the supermarket, you need to go up two floors.

16.   

請問	超級市場
cing2 man6	ciu1 kap1 si5 coeng4
may I ask	supermarket

要	落	幾多 / 幾	層	呀	？
jiu3	lok6	gei2 do1 / gei2	cang4	aa3	?
need to	go down	how many	floor	SP

May I ask for the supermarket,

how many floors I need to go down?

17. 

超級市場	要	落	兩	層	。
ciu1 kap1 si5 coeng4	jiu3	lok6	loeng5	cang4	.
supermarket	need to	go down	two	floors

For the supermarket, you need to go down two floors.

To ask where a shop or facility is, we can say:

18. 

請問	洗手間	喺	邊度	呀	？
cing2 man6	sai2 sau2 gaan1	hai2	bin1 dou6	aa3	?
may I ask	washroom	be at	where	SP

May I ask where the washroom is?

19. 

轉	左	就	有	洗手間	。
zyun3	zo2	zau6	jau5	sai2 sau2 gaan1	.
turn	left	then	have	washroom

If you turn left, then there is a washroom.

To get complete directions to a shop or facility, we can ask:

20.   

請問	溜冰場	點 / 點樣	去	呀	？
cing2 man6	lau4 bing1 coeng4	dim2 / dim2 joeng2	heoi3	aa3	?
may I ask	ice rink	how	go	SP

May I ask how to go to the ice rink?

• The original question is 請問點去溜冰場呀 cing2 man6 dim2 heoi3 lau5 bing1 coeng4 aa3. The object 溜冰場 lau5 bing1 coeng4 (‘ice rink’) is moved to the beginning of the question and becomes the topic.

21.           

溜冰場	喺	十	樓	，
lau4 bing1 coeng4	hai2	sap6	lau2	,
ice rink	be on	ten	floor

The ice rink is on the tenth floor.

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

You can take the elevator to go up.

你	首先	直	行	，	跟住	轉	右	，
nei5	sau2 sin1	zik6	haang4	,	gan1 zyu6	zyun3	jau6	,
you	first	straight	walk		then	turn	right

First, walk straight. And then, turn right.

嗰度	有	兩	部	𨋢	，
go2 dou6	jau5	loeng5	bou6	lip1	,
there	have	two	CL	elevator

There are two elevators there.

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

Take that left elevator.

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.

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].

出	咗	𨋢	就	轉	左	，
ceot1	zo2	lip1	zau6	zyun3	zo2	,
go out	VP	elevator	then	turn	left

When you have gone out of the elevator, then turn left.

之後	直	行	到	去	最尾
zi1 hau6	zik6	haang4	dou3	heoi3	zeoi3 mei5
then	straight	walk	VP	go	end

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

After that, if you walk straight to the end, then it is the ice rink.

22. 

好	，	唔該晒	。
hou2	,	m4 goi1 saai3	.
good		thank you so much

Good. [= Okay.] Thank you so much.

23. 

不如	我	帶	你	去	吖	。
bat1 jyu4	ngo5	daai3	nei5	heoi3	aa1	.
why not	I	take	you	go	SP

Let me take you there.

24. 

好	呀	，	唔該晒	。
hou2	aa3	,	m4 goi1 saai3	.
good	SP		thank you so much

Good. Thank you so much.

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Below is a floor plan of a shopping mall. Listen to the descriptions and write down the shop or facility on each floor. Then, repeat after the recordings.

Descriptions

Follow the examples to complete the conversations. Then, listen to the recordings to check your answers. Finally, repeat after the recordings.

Example

5/F (current floor) → Escalator → 7/F (supermarket)

1.

G/F (current floor) → Escalator → 3/F (Chinese restaurant)

2.

1/F (current floor) → Escalator → 3/F (movie theater)

3.

3/F (current floor) → Elevator → G/F (post office)

4.

9/F (current floor) → Elevator → 5/F (ice rink)

5.

10/F (current floor) → Escalator → 12/F (food court)

6.

1/F (current floor) → Elevator → B2/F (parking lot)

Listen to the instructions on taking the elevator. Choose the correct elevators. Then, repeat after the recordings.

Example

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Listen to the directions and write down the routes. Then, check your answers. Finally, repeat after the recordings.

Example

直行 → 轉右 → 轉左 → 超級市場
zik6 haang4 → zyun3 jau6 → zyun3 zo2 → ciu1 kap1 si5 coeng4

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