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  <h3><a name="Position words with 在, 是and有"><span>Position words
  with</span> <span class="hanzi">在</span> <span>,</span>
  <span class="hanzi">是</span> <span>and</span> <span class=
  "hanzi">有</span></a> <span>(22)</span></h3>
  <p><span class="english">1. The following table consists of all
  the position words. Position words are often bi-syllabic in
  spoken language. They are often formed by a joining position word
  with</span> <span class="hanzi">边</span> <span class=
  "english">biān</span> <span class="english">side</span>
  <span class="english">,</span> <span class="hanzi">面</span>
  <span class="english">miàn</span> <span class="english">face
  or</span> <span class="hanzi">间</span> <span>jiān</span> between
  <span class="english">. Either of the suffixes</span>
  <span class="hanzi">边</span> <span class="english">biān</span>
  <span class="english">side or</span> <span class="hanzi">面</span>
  <span class="english">miàn</span> <span class="english">face can
  be used as a suffix in a position word. The suffix</span>
  <span class="hanzi">间</span> <span>jiān</span> between can only
  be preceded by <span class="hanzi">中</span> <span>zhōng</span>
  centre <span>.</span></p>
  <table>
    <tbody>
      <tr>
        <td width="187" valign="top" style=
        "width: 140.4pt; border: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
          <p><span class="english">Position words</span></p>
        </td>
        <td width="204" valign="top" style=
        "width: 153.0pt; border-left: medium none; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
          <p><span class="english">Suffixes</span></p>
        </td>
        <td width="192" valign="top" style=
        "width: 144.0pt; border-left: medium none; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
          <p><span class="english">English</span></p>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td width="187" valign="top" style=
        "width: 140.4pt; border-left: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top: medium none; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
          <p><span class="hanzi">前</span> <span>qián</span></p>
        </td>
        <td width="204" valign="top" style=
        "width: 153.0pt; border-left: medium none; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top: medium none; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
          <p><span class="hanzi">边</span> <span class=
          "english">/</span> <span class="hanzi">面</span>
          <span class="english">biān/miàn</span></p>
        </td>
        <td width="192" valign="top" style=
        "width: 144.0pt; border-left: medium none; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top: medium none; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
          <p><span class="english">in front</span></p>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td width="187" valign="top" style=
        "width: 140.4pt; border-left: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top: medium none; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
          <p><span class="hanzi">后</span> <span class=
          "english">hòu</span></p>
        </td>
        <td width="204" valign="top" style=
        "width: 153.0pt; border-left: medium none; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top: medium none; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
          <p><span class="hanzi">边</span> <span class=
          "english">/</span> <span class="hanzi">面</span></p>
        </td>
        <td width="192" valign="top" style=
        "width: 144.0pt; border-left: medium none; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top: medium none; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
          <p><span class="english">behind</span></p>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td width="187" valign="top" style=
        "width: 140.4pt; border-left: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top: medium none; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
          <p><span class="hanzi">左</span> <span class=
          "english">zuǒ</span></p>
        </td>
        <td width="204" valign="top" style=
        "width: 153.0pt; border-left: medium none; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top: medium none; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
          <p><span class="hanzi">边</span> <span class=
          "english">/</span> <span class="hanzi">面</span></p>
        </td>
        <td width="192" valign="top" style=
        "width: 144.0pt; border-left: medium none; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top: medium none; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
          <p><span class="english">left side</span></p>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td width="187" valign="top" style=
        "width: 140.4pt; border-left: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top: medium none; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
          <p><span class="hanzi">右</span> <span class=
          "english">yòu</span></p>
        </td>
        <td width="204" valign="top" style=
        "width: 153.0pt; border-left: medium none; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top: medium none; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
          <p><span class="hanzi">边</span> <span class=
          "english">/</span> <span class="hanzi">面</span></p>
        </td>
        <td width="192" valign="top" style=
        "width: 144.0pt; border-left: medium none; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top: medium none; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
          <p><span class="english">right side</span></p>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td width="187" valign="top" style=
        "width: 140.4pt; border-left: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top: medium none; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
          <p><span class="hanzi">上</span> <span class=
          "english">shàng</span></p>
        </td>
        <td width="204" valign="top" style=
        "width: 153.0pt; border-left: medium none; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top: medium none; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
          <p><span class="hanzi">边</span> <span class=
          "english">/</span> <span class="hanzi">面</span></p>
        </td>
        <td width="192" valign="top" style=
        "width: 144.0pt; border-left: medium none; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top: medium none; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
          <p><span class="english">upper side</span></p>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td width="187" valign="top" style=
        "width: 140.4pt; border-left: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top: medium none; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
          <p><span class="hanzi">下</span> <span class=
          "english">xià</span></p>
        </td>
        <td width="204" valign="top" style=
        "width: 153.0pt; border-left: medium none; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top: medium none; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
          <p><span class="hanzi">边</span> <span class=
          "english">/</span> <span class="hanzi">面</span></p>
        </td>
        <td width="192" valign="top" style=
        "width: 144.0pt; border-left: medium none; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top: medium none; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
          <p><span class="english">underside</span></p>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td width="187" valign="top" style=
        "width: 140.4pt; border-left: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top: medium none; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
          <p><span class="hanzi">里</span> <span class=
          "english">lĭ</span></p>
        </td>
        <td width="204" valign="top" style=
        "width: 153.0pt; border-left: medium none; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top: medium none; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
          <p><span class="hanzi">边</span> <span class=
          "english">/</span> <span class="hanzi">面</span></p>
        </td>
        <td width="192" valign="top" style=
        "width: 144.0pt; border-left: medium none; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top: medium none; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
          <p><span class="english">inside</span></p>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td width="187" valign="top" style=
        "width: 140.4pt; border-left: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top: medium none; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
          <p><span class="hanzi">外</span> <span class=
          "english">wàn</span></p>
        </td>
        <td width="204" valign="top" style=
        "width: 153.0pt; border-left: medium none; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top: medium none; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
          <p><span class="hanzi">边</span> <span class=
          "english">/</span> <span class="hanzi">面</span></p>
        </td>
        <td width="192" valign="top" style=
        "width: 144.0pt; border-left: medium none; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top: medium none; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
          <p><span class="english">outside</span></p>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td width="187" valign="top" style=
        "width: 140.4pt; border-left: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top: medium none; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
          <p><span class="hanzi">东</span> <span class=
          "english">dōng</span></p>
        </td>
        <td width="204" valign="top" style=
        "width: 153.0pt; border-left: medium none; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top: medium none; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
          <p><span class="hanzi">边</span> <span class=
          "english">/</span> <span class="hanzi">面</span></p>
        </td>
        <td width="192" valign="top" style=
        "width: 144.0pt; border-left: medium none; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top: medium none; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
          <p><span class="english">east side</span></p>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td width="187" valign="top" style=
        "width: 140.4pt; border-left: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top: medium none; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
          <p><span class="hanzi">南</span> <span>nán</span></p>
        </td>
        <td width="204" valign="top" style=
        "width: 153.0pt; border-left: medium none; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top: medium none; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
          <p><span class="hanzi">边</span> <span class=
          "english">/</span> <span class="hanzi">面</span></p>
        </td>
        <td width="192" valign="top" style=
        "width: 144.0pt; border-left: medium none; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top: medium none; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
          <p><span class="english">south side</span></p>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td width="187" valign="top" style=
        "width: 140.4pt; border-left: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top: medium none; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
          <p><span class="hanzi">西</span> <span class=
          "english">xī</span></p>
        </td>
        <td width="204" valign="top" style=
        "width: 153.0pt; border-left: medium none; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top: medium none; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
          <p><span class="hanzi">边</span> <span class=
          "english">/</span> <span class="hanzi">面</span></p>
        </td>
        <td width="192" valign="top" style=
        "width: 144.0pt; border-left: medium none; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top: medium none; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
          <p><span class="english">west side</span></p>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td width="187" valign="top" style=
        "width: 140.4pt; border-left: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top: medium none; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
          <p><span class="hanzi">北</span> <span>běi</span></p>
        </td>
        <td width="204" valign="top" style=
        "width: 153.0pt; border-left: medium none; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top: medium none; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
          <p><span class="hanzi">边</span> <span class=
          "english">/</span> <span class="hanzi">面</span></p>
        </td>
        <td width="192" valign="top" style=
        "width: 144.0pt; border-left: medium none; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top: medium none; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
          <p><span class="english">north side</span></p>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td width="187" valign="top" style=
        "width: 140.4pt; border-left: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top: medium none; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
          <p><span class="hanzi">中</span> <span>zhōng</span></p>
        </td>
        <td width="204" valign="top" style=
        "width: 153.0pt; border-left: medium none; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top: medium none; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
          <p><span class="hanzi">间</span> <span>jiān</span></p>
        </td>
        <td width="192" valign="top" style=
        "width: 144.0pt; border-left: medium none; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top: medium none; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
          <p><span class="english">middle</span></p>
        </td>
      </tr>
    </tbody>
  </table>
  <p><span class="english">2. The word order for expressing the
  position of an object in Chinese is different from what it is in
  English. As explained in the <u><span style=
  "color:navy"><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; text-underline: single"
  href="#ThePossessive%E7%9A%84"><span class="hanzi">的</span>
  <span>de</span></a></span></u></span> <span class=
  "english">section, the primary information is placed after</span>
  <span class="hanzi">的</span> <span class="english">de</span>
  <span class="english">and the descriptions of the information are
  placed before</span> <span class="hanzi">的</span> <span class=
  "english">de</span> <span class="english">. If one wants to say,
  “on the left of the dormitory”, in Chinese it would be</span>
  <span class="hanzi">宿舍的左边</span> <span class="english">sùshè de
  zuǒbiān</span> <span class="english">dormitory’s left . The
  primary information is left which is placed after</span>
  <span class="hanzi">的</span> <span class="english">de</span>
  <span class="english">. To illustrate this speech pattern an
  English – Chinese comparison table is given below.</span></p>
  <table class="MsoTableGrid" border="1" cellspacing="0"
  cellpadding="0" width="584" style=
  "width: 438.25pt; border-collapse: collapse; border: medium none">
    <tbody>
      <tr style="height: 21.8pt">
        <td width="173" valign="top" style=
        "width: 130.05pt; height: 21.8pt; border: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
          <p><span class="english">English</span></p>
        </td>
        <td width="166" valign="top" style=
        "width: 124.7pt; height: 21.8pt; border-left: medium none; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
          <p><span class="english">Chinese word order</span></p>
        </td>
        <td width="245" valign="top" style=
        "width: 183.5pt; height: 21.8pt; border-left: medium none; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
          <p><span class="english">Chinese</span></p>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr style="height: 23.35pt">
        <td width="173" valign="top" style=
        "width: 130.05pt; height: 23.35pt; border-left: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top: medium none; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
          <p><span class="english">Top of the bookshelf</span></p>
        </td>
        <td width="166" valign="top" style=
        "width: 124.7pt; height: 23.35pt; border-left: medium none; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top: medium none; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
          <p><span class="english">Bookshelf’s upperside</span></p>
        </td>
        <td width="245" valign="top" style=
        "width: 183.5pt; height: 23.35pt; border-left: medium none; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top: medium none; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
          <p><span class="hanzi">书架</span> <span class=
          "english">(</span> <span class="hanzi">的</span>
          <span class="english">)</span> <span class=
          "hanzi">上边</span> <span class="english">shūjià
          shàngbiān</span></p>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr style="height: 24.15pt">
        <td width="173" valign="top" style=
        "width: 130.05pt; height: 24.15pt; border-left: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top: medium none; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
          <p><span class="english">Underneath the table</span></p>
        </td>
        <td width="166" valign="top" style=
        "width: 124.7pt; height: 24.15pt; border-left: medium none; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top: medium none; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
          <p><span class="english">Table’s underside</span></p>
        </td>
        <td width="245" valign="top" style=
        "width: 183.5pt; height: 24.15pt; border-left: medium none; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top: medium none; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
          <p><span class="hanzi">桌子</span> <span class=
          "english">(</span> <span class="hanzi">的</span>
          <span class="english">)</span> <span class=
          "hanzi">下边</span> <span>zhuōzi xiàbiān</span></p>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr style="height: 24.15pt">
        <td width="173" valign="top" style=
        "width: 130.05pt; height: 24.15pt; border-left: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top: medium none; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
          <p><span class="english">Inside the house</span></p>
        </td>
        <td width="166" valign="top" style=
        "width: 124.7pt; height: 24.15pt; border-left: medium none; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top: medium none; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
          <p><span class="english">House’s inside</span></p>
        </td>
        <td width="245" valign="top" style=
        "width: 183.5pt; height: 24.15pt; border-left: medium none; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top: medium none; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
          <p><span class="hanzi">房子</span> <span class=
          "english">(</span> <span class="hanzi">的</span>
          <span class="english">)</span> <span class=
          "hanzi">里边</span> <span>fángzi lĭbiān</span></p>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr style="height: 45.95pt">
        <td width="173" valign="top" style=
        "width: 130.05pt; height: 45.95pt; border-left: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top: medium none; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
          <p><span class="english">On the east side of the
          library</span></p>
        </td>
        <td width="166" valign="top" style=
        "width: 124.7pt; height: 45.95pt; border-left: medium none; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top: medium none; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
          <p><span class="english">Library’s east</span></p>
        </td>
        <td width="245" valign="top" style=
        "width: 183.5pt; height: 45.95pt; border-left: medium none; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top: medium none; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
          <p><span class="hanzi">图书馆</span> <span class=
          "english">(</span> <span class="hanzi">的</span>
          <span class="english">)</span> <span class=
          "hanzi">东边</span> <span class="english">túshūguăn
          dōngbiān</span></p>
        </td>
      </tr>
    </tbody>
  </table>
  <p><span class="english">3. There are three common ways to
  express the position of an object in a sentence by using the
  verbs</span> <span class="hanzi">在</span> <span class=
  "english">zài</span> <span class="english">to be in/on/at,</span>
  <span class="hanzi">是</span> <span class="english">shì</span>
  <span class="english">to be and</span> <span class=
  "hanzi">有</span> <span class="english">yǒu</span> <span class=
  "english">there is/are. In the following patterns, “A” and “B”
  represent objects or items and the PW stands for position
  words.</span></p>
  <table>
    <tbody>
      <tr style="height: 21.0pt">
        <td width="304" valign="top" style=
        "width: 228.05pt; height: 21.0pt; border: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
          <p><span class="english">English sentence</span></p>
        </td>
        <td width="280" valign="top" style=
        "width: 210.25pt; height: 21.0pt; border-left: medium none; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
          <p><span class="english">Chinese sentence</span></p>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr style="height: 66.95pt">
        <td width="304" valign="top" style=
        "width: 228.05pt; height: 66.95pt; border-left: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top: medium none; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
          <p><span class="english">A is PW of B</span></p>
          <p><span class="english">The canteen is in front of the
          dormitory.</span></p>
        </td>
        <td width="280" valign="top" style=
        "width: 210.25pt; height: 66.95pt; border-left: medium none; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top: medium none; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
          <p><span class="english">A is B ’s PW</span></p>
          <p><span class="hanzi">食堂</span> <span class=
          "hanzi">在</span> <span class="hanzi">宿</span>
          <span class="hanzi">舍</span> <span class="hanzi">的</span>
          <span class="hanzi">前</span> <span class=
          "hanzi">边</span></p>
          <p><span class="english">shítáng <span>zài</span> sùshè
          de qiānbiān</span></p>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr style="height: 66.95pt">
        <td width="304" valign="top" style=
        "width: 228.05pt; height: 66.95pt; border-left: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top: medium none; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
          <p><span class="english">PW of B is A</span></p>
          <p><span class="english">In front of the dormitory is the
          canteen.</span></p>
        </td>
        <td width="280" valign="top" style=
        "width: 210.25pt; height: 66.95pt; border-left: medium none; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top: medium none; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
          <p><span class="english">B ’s PW is A</span></p>
          <p><span class="hanzi">宿</span> <span class=
          "hanzi">舍</span> <span class="hanzi">的</span>
          <span class="hanzi">前</span> <span class="hanzi">边</span>
          <span class="hanzi">是</span> <span class=
          "hanzi">食堂</span></p>
          <p><span class="english">sùshè de qiānbiān
          <span>shì</span> shítáng</span></p>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr style="height: 67.75pt">
        <td width="304" valign="top" style=
        "width: 228.05pt; height: 67.75pt; border-left: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top: medium none; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
          <p><span class="english">There is A PW of B</span></p>
          <p><span class="english">There is a canteen in front of
          the dormitory</span> <span class="english">.</span></p>
        </td>
        <td width="280" valign="top" style=
        "width: 210.25pt; height: 67.75pt; border-left: medium none; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top: medium none; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
          <p><span class="english">B ’s PW is A</span></p>
          <p><span class="hanzi">宿</span> <span class=
          "hanzi">舍</span> <span class="hanzi">的</span>
          <span class="hanzi">前</span> <span class="hanzi">边</span>
          <span class="hanzi">有</span> <span class=
          "hanzi">一个</span> <span class="hanzi">食</span>
          <span class="hanzi">堂</span></p>
          <p><span class="english">sùshè de qiānbiān
          <span>yǒu</span> yíge shítáng</span></p>
        </td>
      </tr>
    </tbody>
  </table>
  <p><span class="english">If you have any questions about the
  above explanation, please click here to ask.</span></p>
  <p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: 700"><a style=
  "text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href=
  "Lessons%2014-16.htm#position%20words">Assignments.</a></span></p>
  <p>Translate the following sentences into Chinese (22, position
  words)</p>
  <p>There is a Chinese restaurant next to the library.</p>
  <p>The dormitory is behind the bookshop.</p>
  <p>The chair is in front of the desk.</p>
  <p>My college is left to the Chinese department.</p>
  <p>The garden is behind of the house.</p>
  <p>The students are inside the classroom.</p>
  <p>There is dictionary beside you.</p>
  <p style=
  "margin-left:180.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;line-height: 150%"></p>
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