HSK 3.0 Level 1 · Places

火车 huǒchē “train” in Chinese

Traditional 火車

What 火车 means

  1. train

Measure word 列 liè or 节 jié · 一列火车 yí liè huǒchē

How to say 火车

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale火huǒ3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale车chē1st tone, high and level

火车 in a sentence

  1. 火车来了！

    Huǒchē lái le!

    The train is coming!

    Sentence #1441855 from Tatoeba

  2. 对不起，火车晚点了。

    Duìbuqǐ, huǒchē wǎndiǎn le.

    Sorry. The train was late.

    Sentence #750140 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 我坐火车回了家。

    Wǒ zuò huǒchē huí le jiā.

    I went home by train.

    Sentence #10602058 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 火车 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 火 (huǒ) with each of its parts in a different colour
火huǒfire
  • 丷eight form of 八 · bā
  • 人person · rén

Memory aidDrawn from rising flames.

The character 车 (chē) with each of its parts in a different colour
车chēcar
  • 七seven · qī
  • 十ten · shí

Memory aidSimplified from 車: a cart seen from above, with its axle and two wheels.

How to write 火车

火 4 strokes · 车 4 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

火车 (huǒchē) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 火车 (huǒchē). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 火车

Words with 火

火车站huǒchēzhàn · train station火huǒ · fire着火zháohuǒ · to catch fire火柴huǒchái · match (for lighting fire)恼火nǎohuǒ · annoyed火箭huǒjiàn · rocket火药huǒyào · gunpowder火焰huǒyàn · flame涮火锅shuànhuǒguō · to eat hotpot

Words with 车

车chē · car开车kāichē · to drive a car出租车chūzūchē · taxi车站chēzhàn · rail station打车dǎchē · to take a taxi (in town)火车站huǒchēzhàn · train station公交车gōngjiāochē · public transport vehicle公共汽车gōnggòng qìchē · bus汽车qìchē · car自行车zìxíngchē · bike

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车chē · car电影院diànyǐngyuàn · cinema店diàn · shop国guó · country那边nàbian · over there那里nàli · there前qián · front书店shūdiàn · bookstore

FAQs

火车 (huǒchē) means “train”. It is an HSK 3.0 Level 1 word.
Say it huǒchē: huǒ with a 3rd tone, then chē with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 火车 is written 火車. The pronunciation is the same.
Use 列 (liè) or 节 (jié). For example, one train is 一列火车 (yí liè huǒchē).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type huoche with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 火车 from the suggestions. Typing huoche into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
火车 is an HSK 3.0 Level 1 word in the official 2021 syllabus, and it is on our HSK 3.0 Band 1 word list. It is not on the older HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.