HSK 3.0 Level 3 · Places

检票 jiǎnpiào “to check tickets” in Chinese

Traditional 檢票

What 检票 means

  1. to check tickets
  2. to inspect a ticket
  3. to examine a ballot

How to say 检票

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale检jiǎn3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale票piào4th tone, falling

检票 in a sentence

  1. 火车站十点开始检票。

    Huǒchēzhàn shí diǎn kāishǐ jiǎnpiào.

    The station starts checking tickets at ten.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 请大家排队检票。

    Qǐng dàjiā páiduì jiǎnpiào.

    Please line up to have your tickets checked.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 检票 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 检 (jiǎn) with each of its parts in a different colour
检jiǎnto check
  • 木tree · mùMeaning part
  • 佥all · qiānSound part

木 hints at the meaning (tree); 佥 (qiān) hints at the sound. Compare it with jiǎn.

The character 票 (piào) with each of its parts in a different colour
票piàoticket
  • 覀cover form of 襾 · yà
  • 示sign · shì

How to write 检票

检 11 strokes · 票 11 strokes

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

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

Words related to 检票

Words with 检

检查jiǎnchá · to check检讨jiǎntǎo · self-criticism检验jiǎnyàn · to inspect

Words with 票

票piào · ticket机票jīpiào · air ticket门票ménpiào · entrance ticket (for an attraction发票fāpiào · invoice股票gǔpiào · shares支票zhīpiào · cheque彩票cǎipiào · lottery ticket钞票chāopiào · banknote投票tóupiào · to vote

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FAQs

检票 (jiǎnpiào) means “to check tickets” or “to inspect a ticket”. It is an HSK 3.0 Level 3 word.
Say it jiǎnpiào: jiǎn with a 3rd tone, then piào 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, 检票 is written 檢票. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jianpiao with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 检票 from the suggestions. Typing jianpiao into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
检票 is an HSK 3.0 Level 3 word in the official 2021 syllabus, and it is on our HSK 3.0 Band 5 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.