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.

车辆

• Pinyin: chē liàng
• Numbered pinyin: che1 liang4
• English translation: vehicles

出发

• Pinyin: chū fā
• Numbered pinyin: chu1 fa1
• English translation: to set out, depart

出国

• Pinyin: chū guó
• Numbered pinyin: chu1 guo2
• English translation: to go abroad

出租车

• Pinyin: chū zū chē
• Numbered pinyin: chu1 zu1 che1
• English translation: taxi

船

• Pinyin: chuán
• Numbered pinyin: chuan2
• English translation: boat, ship

地铁

• Pinyin: dì tiě
• Numbered pinyin: di4 tie3
• English translation: subway

地铁站

• Pinyin: dì tiě zhàn
• Numbered pinyin: di4 tie3 zhan4
• English translation: subway station

公共汽车

• Pinyin: gōng gòng qì chē
• Numbered pinyin: gong1 gong4 qi4 che1
• English translation: bus

公交车

• Pinyin: gōng jiāo chē
• Numbered pinyin: gong1 jiao1 che1
• English translation: bus

公路

• Pinyin: gōng lù
• Numbered pinyin: gong1 lu4
• English translation: highway, road

护照

• Pinyin: hù zhào
• Numbered pinyin: hu4 zhao4
• English translation: passport

回国

• Pinyin: huí guó
• Numbered pinyin: hui2 guo2
• English translation: to return to one’s country

交通

• Pinyin: jiāo tōng
• Numbered pinyin: jiao1 tong1
• English translation: traffic, transportation

旅客

• Pinyin: lǚ kè
• Numbered pinyin: lü3 ke4
• English translation: traveller, passenger

旅行

• Pinyin: lǚ xíng
• Numbered pinyin: lü3 xing2
• English translation: to travel

旅游

• Pinyin: lǚ yóu
• Numbered pinyin: lü3 you2
• English translation: to travel, tourism

爬山

• Pinyin: pá shān
• Numbered pinyin: pa2 shan1
• English translation: to climb a mountain

骑车

• Pinyin: qí chē
• Numbered pinyin: qi2 che1
• English translation: to ride a bicycle

起飞

• Pinyin: qǐ fēi
• Numbered pinyin: qi3 fei1
• English translation: to take off (plane)

停车

• Pinyin: tíng chē
• Numbered pinyin: ting2 che1
• English translation: to park

停车场

• Pinyin: tíng chē chǎng
• Numbered pinyin: ting2 che1 chang3
• English translation: car park

行人

• Pinyin: xíng rén
• Numbered pinyin: xing2 ren2
• English translation: pedestrian

游客

• Pinyin: yóu kè
• Numbered pinyin: you2 ke4
• English translation: tourist

自行车

• Pinyin: zì xíng chē
• Numbered pinyin: zi4 xing2 che1
• English translation: bicycle

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