Names of countries
normally are not too different from the "English" names， however there are indeed
some that are quite different from the English versions. Here are a list of
continents and countries in Chinese.
Continents
Continents
1. Asia yàzhōu 亚洲
2. America měizhōu 美洲
3. Europe òuzhōu 欧洲
4. Africa fēizhōu 非洲
5. Australia àozhōu 澳洲
6. Arctic běijí 北极
7. Antarctica nánjí 南极
Countries:
1. Indonesia Yìndùníxiāyà or Yìnní 印度尼西亚 / 印尼
2. Malaysia mǎláixīyà 马来西亚
3. Singapore xīnjiāpō 新加坡
4. HongKong xiānggǎng 香港
5. India yìndù 印度
6. Philippines fēilǜbīn 菲律宾
7. Korea hánguó 韩国
8. Thailand tàiguó 泰国
9. Vietnam yuènán 越南
10. Japan rìběn 日本
11. England yīngguó 英国
12. America měiguó 美国
13. Australia àodàlìyǎ 澳大利亚
14. Italy yìdàlì 意大利
15. France fǎguó 法国
16. German déguó 德国
17. Holland hélán 荷兰
18. Spain xībānyǎ 西班牙
19. Turkey túěrqí 土耳其
20. Saudi Arabia ālābó 阿拉伯
21. Russia éluósī 俄罗斯
And many more…
Cities
1. Jakarta yǎjiādá 雅加达
2. Island of Bali bālídǎo 巴厘岛
3. London lúndūn 伦敦
4. Paris bālí 巴黎
5. California jiāzhōu 加州
6. Kuala Lumpur jílóngpō 吉隆坡7
7. Bangkok màngǔ 曼谷
8. Saigon xīgòng 西贡
9. Yangon yǎngguāng 仰光
10. Valencia bālúnxīyà 巴伦西亚
And many more…
Travelling to another countries, here are a few vocabularies that you might need:
1. Airport jīchǎng 机场
2. Take off qǐfēi 起飞
3. Landing jiàngluò 降落
4. Bus Station Chēzhàn 车站
5. Hotel Jǐudiàn 酒店
6. Motel/Smaller Hotel bīnguǎn 宾馆
7. Restaurant fànguǎn / cāntīng 饭
8. Fast-food kuàicān 快餐
9. Police Station jǐngchájú 机场
10. Make a phone call dǎ diànhuà 打电话
11. Public Toilet gōnggòng cèsuǒ 公共厕所
12. Go to/use toilet shàngcèsuǒ 上厕所
Try translating the following:
1. Hi, I am Ms. Smith. I
am from America.
2. I am looking for this
hotel.
3. Where is the popular Chinese
restaurant?
4. I am sorry, your
flight has taken off. You are late.
5. This flight has just
landed.
6. I am looking for a
fast food restaurant. Can you help me?
7. Is that Public Toilet?
8. I lost my wallet.
Where is the Police Station?
Have a good week ahead....
Have a good week ahead....
Regards,
Linda Tan
