How to say it in Chinese

Train in Chinese

train · HSK 1

火车 huǒ chē

  1. 火 huǒ fire
  2. 车 chē car

Counted with 列: 一列火车 yí liè huǒchē

我们坐火车去上海。 We're taking the train to Shanghai.

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How do you say train in Chinese?

Train in Chinese is 火车 (huǒ chē). You can also say 练 (liàn), 列车 (liè chē), 培训 (péi xùn), 培养 (péi yǎng).

Which word should I use?

Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.

Where do these words come from?

The CC-CEDICT dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.

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