--- title: "Chinese Directions Word Search: Free Printable Puzzle With Pinyin" description: "A free Chinese word search of direction words: find eight words hidden in a square of characters from their English and pinyin, hear each one you find, and print it with the answers. A new puzzle every press, 27 topics, no sign-up." canonical: "https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-word-search/directions" author: "Mandarin The Wild" --- [Chinese word search](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-word-search) · 34 words # Directions word search Find eight direction words from their English and pinyin. 1. map dìtú 地图 2. below xiàmiàn 下面 3. to turn around diàotóu 掉头 4. left zuǒbian 左边 5. right side yòubian 右边 6. road mǎlù 马路 7. east dōngfāng 东方 8. northwest xīběi 西北 ## More word searches ## How do I play? Each clue is a word’s English and pinyin. Find its characters in the square, across, down or on the diagonal, and drag from the first character to the last, or tap the first and then the last. A word you find is marked and said aloud. ## Can I print it? Yes. Print gives the puzzle and its clues on one page and the answers on the next, in black on white, for A4 or US Letter. Press New puzzle first for a different one. ## Which words are in it? 34 direction words of two to four characters, the ones a class teaches first, eight a puzzle. Every other square is a character from the same topic’s words, so a near miss can look like a word. ## More free tools - [Directions in Chinese with audio](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-vocabulary/directions) - [Directions quiz](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-quiz/directions) - [Directions bingo](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-bingo/directions) - [Chinese crossword](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-crossword) - [Chinese flashcards](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-flashcards) - [Character worksheet maker](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-character-worksheet) - [Free teaching resources](https://mandarinthewild.com/teachers) Pinyin and meanings from our own dictionary.