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Mandarin Chinese · HSK 3.0 Band 1 · Chapter 28

我坐车去 I take the bus

Wǒ zuò chē qù

Transportation vocabulary.

Dialogue

坐车去 — Take the bus

文山高gāo朋péng, 我wǒ想xiǎng去qù机jī场chǎng. 怎zěn么me去qù? I want to go to the airport. How?
高朋坐zuò地dì铁tiě行xíng. 也yě行xíng坐zuò公gōng共gòng汽qì车chē. Subway works. Bus too.
文山走zǒu路lù能néng去qù吗ma? Can I walk?
高朋不bù能néng. 太tài远yuǎn了le! No. Too far!
文山好hǎo. 我wǒ坐zuò地dì铁tiě吧ba. OK. I'll take the subway.
高朋上shàng车chē的de时shí候hòu, 看kàn时shí间jiān. When you get on, check the time.

Dialogue

坐火车 — Take the train

白月高gāo朋péng, 你nǐ去qù过guò北běi京jīng吗ma? Have you been to Beijing?
高朋我wǒ去qù过guò. 坐zuò火huǒ车chē去qù的de. I have. Took the train.
白月坐zuò飞fēi机jī不bù行xíng吗ma? Can't take a plane?
高朋飞fēi机jī太tài贵guì了le. 火huǒ车chē好hǎo. Plane's too expensive. Train's better.
白月我wǒ也yě想xiǎng坐zuò火huǒ车chē去qù. I want to take the train too.

Vocabulary

车chē: noun vehicle
火huǒ车chē: noun train
汽qì车chē: noun car
公gōng共gòng汽qì车chē: noun bus
地dì铁tiě: noun subway
飞fēi机jī: noun airplane
机jī场chǎng: noun airport
上shàng车chē: verb get on (vehicle)
下xià车chē: verb get off (vehicle)
走zǒu路lù: verb walk
走zǒu: verb walk; leave
坐zuò: verb sit; take (transport)

New characters

车chē: 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yuǎn: 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guò: 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fēi: fly
飞机 fēijī — airplane飞机场 fēijīchǎng — airport (full form; 机场 is the short form)
开kāi: open; drive
开车 kāi chē — drive开会 kāi huì — have a meeting打开 dǎkāi — open

Hanzi — writing & recognition

车

chē vehicle Writing

4 strokes standalone

火

huǒ fire (in 火车) Writing

4 strokes standalone

飞

fēi fly Writing

3 strokes standalone

坐

zuò sit; ride Writing

7 strokes top-bottom

公

gōng public Recognition

4 strokes top-bottom

共

gòng together (in 公共) Recognition

6 strokes top-bottom

汽

qì (in 汽车) Recognition

7 strokes left-right radical 氵

走

zǒu walk Recognition

7 strokes standalone

场

chǎng (in 机场 / 商场) Recognition

6 strokes left-right radical 土

Grammar

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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