Monday, August 29, 2011

How do people park in China?

We all know parking is a problem everywhere, and China is not an exception. So what is the solution? Here is one:



(chē): car

开车 (kāi chē): to drive a car

我开车去北京

Wǒ kāichē qù Běijīng

I drove to Beijing

停车 (tíng chē): to park a car


If you don’t want to deal with parking, why don't you take the public transportation then?

地铁 (dìtiě): subway

我是坐地铁来的

Wǒ shì zuò dìtiě lái de

I took the subway here

地铁站 (dìtiě zhàn): subway station


火车 (huǒchē): train

Can you guess how to say train station?

火车站 (huǒchē zhàn): train station


飞机 (fēijī): airplane

机场 (jīchǎng): airport

机票 (jīpiào): plane ticket


出租车 (chūzū chē): taxi

You might find the above in textbooks but the more common way of saying taxi is

打的 (dǎ di): taxi


自行车 (zìxíngchē): bicycle

我骑自行车上班

Wǒ qí zìxíngchē shàngbān

I ride my bike to work


And here is my favorite public transport in China. It might not be fun to ride but it is definitely fun to say.

公共汽车 (gōnggòng qìchē): bus/public bus

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