HSK 1: Travel & Transport

Travel & Transport: Vocabulary for vehicles, tickets, and getting around

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Pinyin is the standard romanisation used to show Mandarin pronunciation using the Latin alphabet. You’ll often see tone marks on the vowels to show the four tones (plus the neutral tone), for example mā / má / mǎ / mà / ma. “Numbered pinyin” shows the same tones using a number after the syllable instead of tone marks, for example ma1 / ma2 / ma3 / ma4 / ma (sometimes written as ma5 for the neutral tone). Numbered pinyin is handy when you can’t easily type tone marks, while tone-mark pinyin is usually easier to read once you’re used to it.

车

  • Pinyin: chē
  • Numbered pinyin: che1
  • English translation: vehicle, car

车票

  • Pinyin: chē piào
  • Numbered pinyin: che1 piao4
  • English translation: (transport) ticket

车上

  • Pinyin: chē shang
  • Numbered pinyin: che1 shang5
  • English translation: on the vehicle

车站

  • Pinyin: chē zhàn
  • Numbered pinyin: che1 zhan4
  • English translation: station

打车

  • Pinyin: dǎ chē
  • Numbered pinyin: da3 che1
  • English translation: to take a taxi

飞

  • Pinyin: fēi
  • Numbered pinyin: fei1
  • English translation: to fly

飞机

  • Pinyin: fēi jī
  • Numbered pinyin: fei1 ji1
  • English translation: aeroplane

火车

  • Pinyin: huǒ chē
  • Numbered pinyin: huo3 che1
  • English translation: train

机票

  • Pinyin: jī piào
  • Numbered pinyin: ji1 piao4
  • English translation: plane ticket

开车

  • Pinyin: kāi chē
  • Numbered pinyin: kai1 che1
  • English translation: to drive a car

门票

  • Pinyin: mén piào
  • Numbered pinyin: men2 piao4
  • English translation: admission ticket

票

  • Pinyin: piào
  • Numbered pinyin: piao4
  • English translation: ticket

汽车

  • Pinyin: qì chē
  • Numbered pinyin: qi4 che1
  • English translation: car

上车

  • Pinyin: shàng chē
  • Numbered pinyin: shang4 che1
  • English translation: to get on (a vehicle)

下车

  • Pinyin: xià chē
  • Numbered pinyin: xia4 che1
  • English translation: to get off (a vehicle)

站

  • Pinyin: zhàn
  • Numbered pinyin: zhan4
  • English translation: station, stop

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