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Chinese words for transport and getting around

All 50 words, each with its English meaning, its pronunciation and a Chinese sentence it appears in.

Tickets, platforms, directions and delays: the vocabulary of actually moving through a country.

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Simplified characters, with pinyin and tone marks in the pronunciation column.

All 50 words

Chinese words for transport and getting around, 50 entries with pronunciation and an example sentence
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1出租车, 的士taxichūzūchē我们坐出租车去酒店吧。
2公共汽车, 巴士busgōnggòng qìchē公共汽车每十分钟一班。
3火车trainhuǒchē火车八点出发。
4地铁subway, metro, undergrounddìtiě坐地铁去市中心。
5有轨电车tram, streetcar, trolleyyǒuguǐ diànchē有轨电车在博物馆附近停。
6渡轮ferrydùlún渡轮每天过河。
7自行车, 单车bicyclezìxíngchē我每天骑自行车。
8摩托车motorcyclemótuōchē那辆摩托车非常快。
9租车car rentalzūchē我们旅行需要租车。
10司机driversījī司机很熟悉路。
11乘客passengerchéngkè每位乘客都需要票。
12车费farechēfèi公交车费多少钱?
13车站stationchēzhàn火车站在附近。
14公交站bus stopgōngjiāozhàn在那边的公交站等。
15站台platformzhàntái火车从二号站台出发。
16时刻表timetableshíkèbiǎo查看下一班车的时刻表。
17路线routelùxiàn这条路线去机场。
18换乘transferhuànchéng你需要在下一站换乘。
19交通trafficjiāotōng今天交通很拥挤。
20堵车traffic jamdǔchē我们堵车了。
21高速公路highway, freeway, motorwaygāosù gōnglù走高速公路会更快。
22十字路口crossroadshízì lùkǒu在十字路口左转。
23行人pedestrianxíngrén行人过马路。
24人行道sidewalk, pavementrénxíngdào请走人行道。
25斑马线crosswalkbānmǎxiàn请走斑马线过马路。
26红绿灯traffic lighthónglǜdēng等红绿灯变绿。
27限速speed limitxiànsù这里限速六十。
28加油站gas station, petrol stationjiāyóuzhàn我们需要在加油站停一下。
29燃料fuelránliào车需要加燃料了。
30发动机enginefādòngjī发动机今天声音很奇怪。
31后备箱trunk, boothòubèixiāng把包放进后备箱。
32方向盘steering wheelfāngxiàngpán双手握住方向盘。
33喇叭hornlǎba不要按太多喇叭。
34车头灯headlightschētóudēng晚上请开车头灯。
35挡风玻璃windshielddǎngfēng bōli挡风玻璃又脏又湿。
36轮胎tire, tyrelúntāi这个轮胎需要充气。
37车牌license platechēpái我能清楚地看到车牌。
38通行费tolltōngxíngfèi这条路有通行费。
39租赁rentalzūlìn租赁费每天五十美元。
40保险insurancebǎoxiǎn开车需要保险。
41导航navigatedǎoháng我用手机导航。
42目的地destinationmùdìdì你的目的地是哪里?
43通勤commutetōngqín我的通勤需要三十分钟。
44高峰时段rush hourgāofēng shíduàn避免在高峰时段开车。
45绕路detourràolù我们今天需要绕路。
46搭便车hitchhikedā biànchē他决定搭便车去城市。
47拼车ridesharepīnchē拼车应用现在非常流行。
48滑板车, 踏板摩托车scooterhuábǎnchē你可以在这里租滑板车。
49头盔helmettóukuī骑车时一定要戴头盔。
50车厢carriagechēxiāng这节车厢是头等舱。

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