more or less,

about, around

qián miàn

or qiàn biān 

hòu miàn

or hòu biān 

up

(can be a verb meaning to go up)

xià miàn

junction

(also used for T junction)

intersection

(shí character-10-is in form of

a cross, zì is word)

middle

("right" in the middle)

yuǎn

bù tài yuǎn, hěn yuǎn, bù yuǎn

jìn

bù tài jìn, hěn jìn, bù jìn

 mǎlù

guò mǎlù

street (literally horse road)

to cross the steet

road

(smaller than a street, not as busy)

xiǎo jìng / xiǎo lù / xiāng / hútòng (Beijing)

háng / háng dào / hang xiàn

pedestrian crossing

(person-walk-road)

zebra crossing

(zebra line-refers to lines painted

for pedestrian walkway)

flyover

(cross-street-sky-bridge)

short form for flyover

(pedestrian overpass)

Where is the flyover?

(pedestrian overpass)

underground walkway

(earth-under-connecting-walkway)

roundabout

(big-round-circle)

and then, afterwards

(when recounting something)

jiēqū 

jī ge jiēqū, liǎng ge jiēqū, sān ge jiēqū

block

(between streets)

lóu

(yī lóu, èr lóu, sān lóu)