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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

汉字	Pinyin	POS	Meaning
车	chē	n.	vehicle
火车	huǒchē	n.	train
汽车	qìchē	n.	car
公共汽车	gōnggòng qìchē	n.	bus
地铁	dìtiě	n.	subway
飞机	fēijī	n.	airplane
机场	jīchǎng	n.	airport
上车	shàng chē	v.	get on (vehicle)
下车	xià chē	v.	get off (vehicle)
走路	zǒu lù	v.	walk
走	zǒu	v.	walk; leave
坐	zuò	v.	sit; take (transport)

New characters

汉字	Pinyin	Meaning
车	chē	vehicle 火车 huǒchē — train汽车 qìchē — car公共汽车 gōnggòng qìchē — bus
地	dì / de	earth; ground (dì, in 地铁, 地方); structural particle (de, deferred) 地铁 dìtiě — subway地方 dìfang — place (recall Bk1)
铁	tiě	iron; metal (in 地铁 = subway, lit. "underground iron") 地铁 dìtiě — subway
公	gōng	public 公共汽车 gōnggòng qìchē — bus公园 gōngyuán — park公司 gōngsī — company
共	gòng	together (in 公共) 公共汽车 gōnggòng qìchē — bus一共 yígòng — altogether (二14)
汽	qì	(in 汽车) 汽车 qìchē — car公共汽车 gōnggòng qìchē — bus
远	yuǎn	far
火	huǒ	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

会 / 能 (用全) Modals 会 / 能 (full)

Bk1 ch11 见过. 本课 fully formal: 会 = "have learned" (我会开车 = "I can drive"). 能 = "be able to / no problem" (我能去 = "I can go"). 在交通的话题: 我会坐火车 / 我能走路 / 你能开车吗?

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?).

我坐火车去. Wǒ zuò huǒchē qù. I'll take the train.
你会开车吗? Nǐ huì kāi chē ma? Can you drive?
我能走路. Wǒ néng zǒu lù. I can walk.
飞机要起飞了. Fēijī yào qǐ fēi le. The plane's about to take off.

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