Measure word for bullet train
动车 dòng chē bullet train HSK 4
一列动车 yí liè dòngchē
列 liè · For trains and series
一趟动车 yí tàng dòngchē
趟 tàng · For trips or runs
Also counted with 列
Type a noun in English, pinyin or Chinese.
What is the measure word for bullet train in Chinese?
Bullet train is 动车 (dòng chē), and its measure word is 列 or 趟: one bullet train is 一列动车. The dictionary also gives 趟 (一趟动车).
What is a measure word?
In Chinese a number can’t go straight before a noun: you say 一本书 (one “volume” of book), not 一书. The word in the middle is the measure word, or classifier. Each noun takes its own, often by its shape: 张 for flat things, 条 for long thin ones, 本 for books.
What if I don’t know the measure word?
个 (gè) works for people and most things, and native speakers use it a lot in speech. The right measure word sounds more natural, and some nouns never take 个.
Why is 一 said yí here?
一 is said yí before a fourth tone (一个 yí ge, 一件 yí jiàn) and yì before the other tones (一本 yì běn, 一张 yì zhāng).
More free tools
How hard is this text?: a text’s HSK level and the words to learn first. Pinyin chart: every syllable, all four tones. Read any Mandarin: point at a word for its meaning.
Measure words from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0), for the official HSK word list. Speakers use others too.