School Buildings in Chinese

楼 (lóu) - Building

• Examples include 教学楼 (jiào xué lóu - teaching building), 大楼 (dà lóu - large building), and 高楼 (gāo lóu - tall building).
• "我的学校有四栋教学楼 (wǒ de xué xiào yǒu sì dòng jiào xué lóu)" translates to "My school has four teaching buildings."

餐厅 (cān tīng) - Cafeteria, Restaurant

• 饭堂 (fàn táng), 餐馆 (cān guǎn), and 下馆子 (xià guǎn zi) are related terms.
• "我们今天在学校餐厅吃午饭 (wǒ men jīn tiān zài xué xiào cān tīng chī wǔ fàn)" means "We will eat lunch at the school cafeteria today."
• A question to ask is "你知道这(儿)的餐厅有什么好吃的吗？(nǐ zhī dào zhè(ér) de cān tīng yǒu shén me hǎo chī de ma?)" or "Do you know what is good to eat at this restaurant?"

篮球场 (lán qiú chǎng) - Basketball Court

• 学校有几个篮球场 (xué xiào yǒu jǐ gè lán qiú chǎng)？" means "How many basketball courts does the school have?"
• 篮球场旁边是图书馆吗 (lán qiú chǎng páng biān shì tú shū guǎn ma)？" translates to "Is the library next to the basketball court?"

网球场 (wǎng qiú chǎng) - Tennis Court

• 场地 (chǎng dì - site) is a related term.
• 学校没有网球场吗 (xué xiào méi yǒu wǎng qíu chǎng ma)？" means "The school doesn't have a tennis court?"
• 这（儿）的网球场有点小，换（huàn - change）一个吧 (zhè(ér) de wǎng qiú chǎng yǒu diǎn xiǎo, huàn yí gè ba)" means "This tennis court is a little small, let's change to another one."

右边 (yòu biān) - Right (side)

• 坐凯丽右边的是谁 (zuò kǎi lì yòu biān de shì shuí)？means "Who is sitting on Kelly's right?"
• 图书馆前边是教学楼，右边是餐厅 (tú shū guǎn qián biān shì jiào xué lóu, yòu biān shì cān tīng)" means "The front of the library is the teaching building, the right side is the cafeteria."

左边 (zuǒ biān) - Left (side)

• 左边的玩具是杰米的 (zuǒ biān de wán jù shì jié mǐ de)" means "The toy on the left side is Jamie’s."
• 电脑房的左边是教学楼吗 (diàn nǎo fáng de zuǒ biān shì jiào xué lóu ma)？ means "Is the teaching building on the left side of the computer room?"

后边 (hòu biān) - Behind, Back

• 学生宿舍在电脑房后边 (xué shēng sù shè zài diàn nǎo fáng hòu biān)" means "The student dormitory is behind the computer room."
• 玛丽娅的书包后边放了什么 (mǎ lì yà de shū bāo hòu biān fàng le shén me)？" means "What is behind Maria's bag?"

外边 (wài biān) - Outside

• 里边 (lǐ biān - inside) is a related term.
• 图书馆外边的人太多了 (tú shū guǎn wài biān de rén tài duō le)" means "There are too many people outside the library."
• 妈妈不喜欢我常常在外边吃饭 (mā mā bù xǐ huan wǒ cháng cháng zài wài biān chī fàn)" means "Mom doesn't like that I often eat outside."

训练 (xùn liàn) - Training (noun), Train (verb)

• 今天下午篮球队伍有训练 (jīn tiān xià wǔ lán qíu duì wǔ yǒu xùn liàn)" means "The basketball team has training this afternoon."
• 体育老师训练我们打球的技巧 (tǐ yù lǎo shī xùn liàn wǒ men dǎ qíu de jì qiǎo)" means "The sports teacher trains us in the skills of playing ball."

西边 (xī biān) - West, West Side

• 公园在城市的西边 (gōng yuán zài chéng shì de xī biān)" means "The park is on the west side of the city."
• 学校的西边是篮球场 (xué xiào de xī biān shì lán qíu chǎng)" means "The west side of the school is the basketball court."

离 (lí) - Away From, Off

• 离开 (lí kāi) means "to leave".
• 我家离学校很近，走路只要十分钟 (wǒ jiā lí xué xiào hěn jìn, zǒu lù zhǐ yào shí fēn zhōng)" means "My home is very close to the school, it only takes ten minutes to walk."
• 他们明天就离开北京去上海看朋友 (tā men míng tiān jiù lí kāi běi jīng qù shàng hǎi kàn péng yǒu)" means "They will leave Beijing tomorrow to go to Shanghai to see friends."

走路 (zǒu lù) - Walk

• 坐车 (zuò chē - by car) is a related term.
• 我和妹妹每天都走路lù上学 (wǒ hé mèi mèi měi tiān dōu zǒu lù shàng xué)" means "My younger sister and I walk to school every day."
• 汤姆出门 (tāng mǔ chū mén - Tom goes out) 只坐车，不走路 (zhǐ zuò chē, bù zǒu lù)." means "Tom only goes by car, doesn't walk."

教学 (jiào xué) - Teaching

• 教室 (jiào shì) means "classroom".
• "他在教学呢，等一等吧 (tā zài jiào xué ne, děng yī děng ba)" translates to "He is teaching, wait a moment."
• "妈妈和姐姐都说教书不容易 (mā mā hé jiě jiě dōu shuō jiào shū bù róng yì)" means "Mom and elder sister both say teaching is not easy."

教室 (jiào shì) - Classroom

• "打扰一下，请问三号教室在哪 (dǎ rǎo yí xià, qǐng wèn sān hào jiào shì zài nǎ)？" translates to "Excuse me, where is classroom number three?"
• "这是汉语教室吗？真大真漂亮 (zhè shì hàn yǔ jiào shì ma? zhēn dà zhēn piào liang)！" means "Is this the Chinese classroom? It’s really big and beautiful!"