Travel & transport

Planes, trains, directions and getting around China.

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Word list: Travel & transport

Planes, trains, directions and getting around China. Below you'll find all 119 words in simplified characters (with the traditional form where it differs), with pinyin and the English meaning. Click 🔊 to listen to the pronunciation.

Chinese	Traditional	Pinyin	English	HSK
出租车	出租車	chūzūchē	taxi	HSK 1
飞机	飛機	fēijī	airplane	HSK 1
宾馆	賓館	bīnguǎn	guesthouse	HSK 2
公共汽车	公共汽車	gōnggòng qìchē	bus	HSK 2
火车站	火車站	huǒchēzhàn	train station	HSK 2
机场	機場	jīchǎng	airport	HSK 2
路		lù	road	HSK 2
票		piào	ticket	HSK 2
船		chuán	a boat	HSK 3
地铁	地鐵	dìtiě	subway	HSK 3
地图	地圖	dìtú	map	HSK 3
护照	護照	hùzhào	passport	HSK 3
起飞	起飛	qǐfēi	take off	HSK 3
行李箱		xínglǐxiāng	trunk	HSK 3
站		zhàn	stand	HSK 3
自行车	自行車	zìxíngchē	bike	HSK 3
参观	參觀	cānguān	to visit	HSK 4
乘坐		chéngzuò	ride	HSK 4
出发	出發	chūfā	start out	HSK 4
导游	導遊	dǎoyóu	tour guide	HSK 4
登机牌	登機牌	dēngjīpái	boarding pass	HSK 4
堵车	堵車	dǔchē	traffic jam	HSK 4
方向		fāngxiàng	direction	HSK 4
高速公路		gāosù gōnglù	highway	HSK 4
航班		hángbān	scheduled flight	HSK 4
加油站		jiāyóuzhàn	gas station	HSK 4
降落		jiàngluò	descend	HSK 4
交通		jiāotōng	traffic	HSK 4
旅行		lǚxíng	travel	HSK 4
迷路		mílù	to get lost	HSK 4
签证	簽證	qiānzhèng	visa	HSK 4
长途	長途	chángtú	long distance	HSK 5
车库	車庫	chēkù	garage	HSK 5
车厢	車廂	chēxiāng	carriage	HSK 5
出口		chūkǒu	exit	HSK 5
到达	到達	dàodá	to reach	HSK 5
登记	登記	dēngjì	register	HSK 5
拐弯	拐彎	guǎi wān	turn a corner	HSK 5
海关	海關	hǎiguān	customs	HSK 5
驾驶	駕駛	jiàshǐ	to drive	HSK 5
卡车	卡車	kǎchē	truck	HSK 5
列车	列車	lièchē	train	HSK 5
名胜古迹	名勝古迹	míngshènggǔjì	famous scenic spots and ancient historic sites	HSK 5
摩托车	摩托車	mótuōchē	motorcycle	HSK 5
汽油		qìyóu	gasoline	HSK 5
往返		wǎngfǎn	go back and forth	HSK 5
行人		xíngrén	pedestrian	HSK 5
游览	遊覽	yóulǎn	go sight-seeing	HSK 5
预订	預訂	yùdìng	place an order	HSK 5
运输	運輸	yùnshū	transport	HSK 5
奔驰	奔馳	bēnchí	run quickly	HSK 6
舱	艙	cāng	cabin	HSK 6
岔		chà	fork in the road	HSK 6
柴油		cháiyóu	diesel fuel	HSK 6
畅通	暢通	chàngtōng	unimpeded	HSK 6
乘		chéng	to ride	HSK 6
川流不息		chuān liú bù xī	flowing of an endless stream	HSK 6
穿越		chuānyuè	pass through	HSK 6
船舶		chuánbó	ships	HSK 6
导航	導航	dǎoháng	navigation	HSK 6
抵达	抵達	dǐdá	arrive	HSK 6
颠簸	顛簸	diānbǒ	shake	HSK 6
动身	動身	dòng shēn	go on a journey	HSK 6
堵塞		dǔsè	block	HSK 6
方位		fāngwèi	position	HSK 6
港口		gǎngkǒu	port	HSK 6
观光	觀光	guānguāng	sight see	HSK 6
轨道	軌道	guǐdào	orbit	HSK 6
航空		hángkōng	aviation	HSK 6
航行		hángxíng	to sail	HSK 6
机动	機動	jīdòng	motorized	HSK 6
桨	槳	jiǎng	oar	HSK 6
交叉		jiāochā	cross	HSK 6
立交桥	立交橋	lìjiāoqiáo	overpass	HSK 6
留念		liúniàn	to keep as a souvenir	HSK 6
轮船	輪船	lúnchuán	steamship	HSK 6
轮胎	輪胎	lúntāi	tire	HSK 6
码头	碼頭	mǎtou	dock	HSK 6
逆行		nìxíng	go/drive against the traffic	HSK 6
启程	啓程	qǐchéng	set out on a journey	HSK 6
迁徙	遷徙	qiānxǐ	migrate	HSK 6
桥梁	橋梁	qiáoliáng	bridge	HSK 6
刹车	刹車	shā chē	brake	HSK 6
失事		shī shì	be involved in a crash	HSK 6
事故		shìgù	accident	HSK 6
隧道		suìdào	tunnel	HSK 6
停泊		tíngbó	anchor	HSK 6
托运	托運	tuōyùn	check in	HSK 6
向导	向導	xiàngdǎo	guide	HSK 6
迎面		yíng miàn	face to face	HSK 6
滞留	滯留	zhìliú	detain	HSK 6
终点	終點	zhōngdiǎn	the end	HSK 6
舟		zhōu	boat	HSK 6
专程	專程	zhuānchéng	special-purpose trip	HSK 6
公交车	公交車	gōngjiāochē	bus	Daily life
打车	打車	dǎchē	to take a taxi	Daily life
高铁	高鐵	gāotiě	high-speed rail	Daily life
火车	火車	huǒchē	train	Daily life
地铁站	地鐵站	dìtiězhàn	subway station	Daily life
车站	車站	chēzhàn	station	Daily life
机票	機票	jīpiào	plane ticket	Daily life
车票	車票	chēpiào	train/bus ticket	Daily life
安检	安檢	ānjiǎn	security check	Daily life
红绿灯	紅綠燈	hónglǜdēng	traffic light	Daily life
路口		lùkǒu	intersection	Daily life
左转	左轉	zuǒzhuǎn	turn left	Daily life
右转	右轉	yòuzhuǎn	turn right	Daily life
直走		zhízǒu	go straight	Daily life
开车	開車	kāichē	to drive	Daily life
停车	停車	tíngchē	to park	Daily life
停车场	停車場	tíngchēchǎng	parking lot	Daily life
骑车	騎車	qíchē	to ride a bike	Daily life
共享单车	共享單車	gòngxiǎng dānchē	shared bike	Daily life
电动车	電動車	diàndòngchē	e-scooter / e-bike	Daily life
酒店		jiǔdiàn	hotel	Daily life
前台	前臺	qiántái	reception desk	Daily life
入住		rùzhù	to check in	Daily life
退房		tuìfáng	to check out	Daily life
房卡		fángkǎ	room key card	Daily life

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