Mandarin Chinese · HSK 3.0 Band 1 · Chapter 28
我坐车去I take the bus
Transportation vocabulary.
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坐车去— Take the bus
- 文山高朋, 我想去机场. 怎么去?I want to go to the airport. How?
- 高朋坐地铁行. 也行坐公共汽车.Subway works. Bus too.
- 文山走路能去吗?Can I walk?
- 高朋不能. 太远了!No. Too far!
- 文山好. 我坐地铁吧.OK. I'll take the subway.
- 高朋上车的时候, 看时间.When you get on, check the time.
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坐火车— Take the train
- 白月高朋, 你去过北京吗?Have you been to Beijing?
- 高朋我去过. 坐火车去的.I have. Took the train.
- 白月坐飞机不行吗?Can't take a plane?
- 高朋飞机太贵了. 火车好.Plane's too expensive. Train's better.
- 白月我也想坐火车去.I want to take the train too.
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- 车
nounvehicle
- 火车
nountrain
- 汽车
nouncar
- 公共汽车
nounbus
- 地铁
nounsubway
- 飞机
nounairplane
- 机场
nounairport
- 上车
verbget on (vehicle)
- 下车
verbget off (vehicle)
- 走路
verbwalk
- 走
verbwalk; leave
- 坐
verbsit; take (transport)
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- 车
vehicle
火车 huǒchē — train汽车 qìchē — car公共汽车 gōnggòng qìchē — bus- 地
earth; ground (dì, in 地铁, 地方); structural particle (de, deferred)
地铁 dìtiě — subway地方 dìfang — place (recall Bk1)- 铁
iron; metal (in 地铁 = subway, lit. "underground iron")
地铁 dìtiě — subway- 公
public
公共汽车 gōnggòng qìchē — bus公园 gōngyuán — park公司 gōngsī — company- 共
together (in 公共)
公共汽车 gōnggòng qìchē — bus一共 yígòng — altogether (二14)- 汽
(in 汽车)
汽车 qìchē — car公共汽车 gōnggòng qìchē — bus- 远
far
- 火
fire (in 火车)
火车 huǒchē — train火车站 huǒchēzhàn — train station上火 shàng huǒ — "heaty"; inflamed (TCM concept — separable verb)- 过
cross / pass (Level 2)
不过 búguò — however; but (softer than 但是)过来 guò//lái — come over (toward speaker)过去 guò//qù — go over (away from speaker)- 飞
fly
飞机 fēijī — airplane飞机场 fēijīchǎng — airport (full form; 机场 is the short form)- 开
open; drive
开车 kāi chē — drive开会 kāi huì — have a meeting打开 dǎkāi — open
Hanzi — writing & recognition
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chēvehicleWriting
huǒfire (in 火车)Writing
fēiflyWriting
zuòsit; rideWriting
gōngpublicRecognition
gòngtogether (in 公共)Recognition
qì(in 汽车)Recognition
zǒuwalkRecognition
chǎng(in 机场 / 商场)Recognition
Grammar
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Modals 会 / 能 (full)
Explanation
Continuation of Bk1 ch11. 会 = learned / skill. 能 = ability/availability. In transport: 我会坐火车 (I can take a train). 我能走路 (I'm able to walk). 你能开车吗? (Can you drive?).
Examples
- 我坐火车去.I'll take the train.
- 你会开车吗?Can you drive?
- 我能走路.I can walk.
- 飞机要起飞了.The plane's about to take off.
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