🇬🇧🇨🇳 map - 地图 : English Lesson

Meaning of "map" ("地图"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.

A map is a special drawing that shows where places are, like cities, rivers, and parks, and helps you know how to go from one place to another.

Watch and listen to this English flashcard to understand the word in more detail, with an easy example sentence.

My map to healthy eating somehow led straight to the ice cream shop and refused to apologize.

The wizard gave me a magic map that only works if you don’t actually know where you’re going.

The pirate’s map said “X marks the spot,” but my little brother colored 47 X’s all over it.

My backpack is so messy I need a map just to find my math homework.

Some of the oldest maps in the world were drawn on clay thousands of years ago—proof that even ancient people needed help not getting totally lost.

A girl has a paper map. She is lost. The map shows a park, a shop, and a blue road to home. She looks at the map, folds the map, and walks on the blue road. A man sees the map, points, and smiles. She keeps the map. The girl gets to the park and hugs her dog.

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This word is at the A1 level, which means it is one of the first words you learn when starting English. It’s commonly used in everyday conversations and helps you communicate basic ideas like greetings, family, or daily activities.

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