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火huǒfire
丷eight form of 八 · bā
人person · rén
Memory aidDrawn from rising flames.
车chēcar
七seven · qī
十ten · shí
Memory aidSimplified from 車: a cart seen from above, with its axle and two wheels.
站zhànstation
立stand · lìMeaning part
占to divine · zhānSound part
立 hints at the meaning (stand); 占 (zhān) hints at the sound. Compare it with zhàn.
How to write 火车站
火 4 strokes · 车 4 strokes · 站 10 strokes
Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.
Stroke order chart for 火车站 (huǒchēzhàn). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.
火车站 (huǒchēzhàn) means “train station”. It is an HSK 2 word, so it is one of the words learners meet early.
Say it huǒchēzhàn: huǒ with a 3rd tone, then chē with a 1st tone, then zhàn with a 4th 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, 火车站 is written 火車站. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type huochezhan with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 火车站 from the suggestions. Typing huochezhan into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
火车站 is an HSK 2 word in the 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.
火huǒ3rd tone, dipping
车chē1st tone, high and level
站zhàn4th tone, falling
