HSK 5 · Transport

列车 lièchē “train” in Chinese

Traditional 列車

What 列车 means

  1. train
  2. (railway) train

How to say 列车

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale列liè4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale车chē1st tone, high and level

列车 in a sentence

  1. 列车已经出发。

    Lièchē yǐjīng chūfā.

    The train has already left.

    Sentence #482704 from Tatoeba

  2. 本次列车开往中山公园。

    Běn cì lièchē kāiwǎng Zhōngshān Gōngyuán.

    This train is bound for Zhongshan Park.

    Sentence #3537669 from Tatoeba

  3. 列车晚到了十分钟。

    Lièchē wǎn dào le shí fēnzhōng.

    The train arrived ten minutes late.

    Sentence #6128500 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 列车 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 列 (liè) with each of its parts in a different colour
列lièto arrange
  • 歹death · dǎi
  • 刂knife form of 刀 · dāoMeaning part
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 列车

列 6 strokes · 车 4 strokes

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

Words related to 列车

Words with 列

排列páiliè · to arrange in order列举lièjǔ · to list并列bìngliè · to stand side by side陈列chénliè · to display行列hángliè · ranks系列xìliè · series

Words with 车

车chē · car火车huǒchē · train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

More words: Everyday Things

海关hǎiguān · customs (i.e. border crossing inspection)驾驶jiàshǐ · to drive救护车jiùhùchē · ambulance卡车kǎchē · truck摩托车mótuōchē · motorbike汽油qìyóu · petrol时差shíchā · time difference行人xíngrén · pedestrian

FAQs

列车 (lièchē) means “train” or “(railway) train”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it lièchē: liè with a 4th 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, 列车 is written 列車. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type lieche with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 列车 from the suggestions. Typing lieche into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
列车 is an HSK 5 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.