Chinese vocabulary · 32 words
Transportation in Chinese
The transport words to learn first, each with pinyin, meaning and sound.
- 交通jiāotōngtraffic
- 车chēcar
- 汽车qìchēcar
- 出租车chūzūchētaxi
- 公交车gōngjiāochēbus
- 地铁dìtiěsubway
- 火车huǒchētrain
- 高铁gāotiěhigh-speed rail
- 飞机fēijīairplane
- 船chuánboat
- 自行车zìxíngchēbicycle
- 摩托车mótuōchēmotorcycle
- 电动车diàndòngchēelectric vehicle
- 卡车kǎchētruck
- 机场jīchǎngairport
- 车站chēzhànstation (bus or train)
- 港口gǎngkǒuport
- 停车场tíngchēchǎngparking lot
- 加油站jiāyóuzhàngas station
- 路lùroad
- 路口lùkǒuintersection
- 十字路口shízìlùkǒucrossroads
- 红绿灯hónglǜdēngtraffic lights
- 堵车dǔchētraffic jam
- 开车kāichēto drive a car
- 打车dǎchēto take a taxi
- 坐zuòto take (a bus, plane, etc.); to travel by
- 骑qíto ride (a horse, bike, etc.)
- 停车tíngchēto park
- 走路zǒulùto walk
- 乘客chéngkèpassenger
- 司机sījīdriver
How do you say traffic in Chinese?
交通 (jiāotōng). The most common transport words are 车 (chē, car), 汽车 (qìchē, car), 出租车 (chūzūchē, taxi).
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