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car / automobile / bus / CL: 輛|辆
HSK 1
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *路* | 路* | *路
road (CL:條|条) / journey / route / line (bus etc) / sort; kind
HSK 1
ticket (for a bus or train)
HSK 1
to get off or out of (a bus, train, car etc)
HSK 1
rail station / bus stop / CL: 處|处, 個|个
HSK 1
to get on or into (a bus, train, car etc)
HSK 1
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *坐* | 坐* | *坐
to sit / to take a seat / to take (a bus, airplane etc) / to bear fruit / variant of
HSK 1
to finish work; to get off work / next service (train, bus etc)
HSK 1
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *倒* | 倒* | *倒
to fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally / to fail; to go bankrupt / to overthrow / to change (trains or buses) / to move around / to resell at a profit
HSK 2
HSK 2
public transport vehicle / town bus / CL: 輛|辆
HSK 2
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *赶* | 赶* | *赶
to overtake; to catch up with / to hurry; to rush / to try to catch (the bus etc) / to drive (cattle etc) forward; to drive (sb) away / to avail oneself of (an opportunity) / until; by (a certain time)
HSK 3
bus (loanword) / motor coach
HSK 4
to change buses, trains etc
HSK 4
(coll.) large bus / coach / (abbr. for 大型巴士)
HSK 4
coach / bus / passenger train
HSK 6
vehicle number (license plate number, taxi number, bus number, train car number)
HSK 6
express (train, bus etc)
HSK 6
local bus or train / slow train with many stops
HSK 6
to be in operation / to do business / (of train, bus etc) to be in service / operation; service
HSK 7-9
enclosed carriage for carrying passengers / motor carriage / car or bus / limousine / CL: , 輛|辆
HSK 7-9
passenger transportation / (Tw) intercity bus
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *栽* | 栽* | *栽
to plant; to grow / to insert; to erect (e.g. a bus stop sign) / to impose sth on sb / to stumble; to fall down
HSK 7-9
bus / abbr. for 公共汽車|公共汽车 / car belonging to an organization and used by its members (government car, police car, company car etc) / abbr. for 公務用車|公务用车
HSK 7-9
a place set up to serve a specific function (train station, bus stop, toll plaza, bike rental station, meteorological station etc) / (Internet) site (website, FTP site etc)
bus or tram stop / intermediate stop (on route of ship, plane etc) / port of call / stopover
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *巴* | 巴* | *巴
to long for / to wish / to cling to / to stick to / sth that sticks / close to / next to / spread open / informal abbr. for bus 巴士 / bar (unit of pressure) / nominalizing suffix on certain nouns, such as 尾巴, tail
stop (on a bus or train route)
delimited area / defined section of a train or bus route / numerical range / (math.) interval
to transfer / to change trains, buses etc
(computing) Universal Serial Bus; USB
computer bus
to wait for a train or bus
car door / door of bus, railway carriage etc
to change train (plane, bus etc) / transfer between modes of transport
shuttle bus
regular bus (service)
running / operation (of airport, bus service, business etc)
(of a train, bus etc) to pull into a station; to arrive at a stop / (of a person) to enter a station / to visit a website / to formally begin a temporary postdoctoral research position (China has postdoctoral research "stations" 博士後流動站|博士后流动站 where postdocs conduct research for a limited period.)
to wait for a train or bus
(of a bus, train etc) to leave for / heading for
morning bus / early train
car window; window of a vehicle (bus, train etc)
school bus
running in opposite direction (buses, trains, ferries etc)
to give right of way to another vehicle / the wrong bus
request bus stop
last service (of train, bus, boat etc)
to miss (bus, train etc)
(of trains, buses or ferries etc) to stop running (temporarily or permanently)
bus stop sign; train station sign
(bus, train etc) depot / car factory or repair shop
(of a bus, a train, a boat) to start off
constant (math.) / quota / fixed number (e.g. of places on a bus) / fixed quantity (e.g. load of truck) / destiny
to transfer / to change trains, buses etc
route (of a bus etc)
the next stop (of a bus etc)
bus stop / bus station
last bus or train / last chance
(coll.) to ride in sb else's car to save money / to ride on a train or bus without buying a ticket (fare-dodging)
bus stop
to change one's reservation / to transfer to a different flight, airline, bus or train
priority seating for the aged (on buses etc)
terminus / final stop on rail or bus line
covered truck; covered wagon / bus with some seating but mostly standing room
bus stop / bus station
IC card used for paying fares on public transportation systems such as buses and subways
shuttle bus / feeder bus
long-distance bus
double-decker bus
Kowloon Motor Bus (KMB) (abbr. for 九龍巴士|九龙巴士)
waiting room (for train, bus etc)
double-decker bus
pull tab (on a drink can) / strap handle (on a bus or train) / ring-shaped door handle
(Tw) priority seat (on a bus etc)
bus stop
bus stop
through train (or bus)
bus shelter
shuttle bus ferrying passengers between train stations on two different rail lines
passenger train (or bus)
(computing) front-side bus (FSB)
kindergarten bus / baby carriage / stroller
the last bus (or train)
generating line / generatrix (in geometry) / bus (in electronics) / bus bar
shuttle bus (typically provided for employees or students by a company or school)
extra bus or train
train or bus traveling only part of its normal route
bus crew / driver and conductor
to take the car, bus, train etc
special (or reserved) train (or bus etc) / limousine / private car used as a taxi and booked via a smartphone app
mini bus (used for public transportation)
Transit Elevated Bus (TEB) / (coll.) Pakistani brethren / Pakistani comrades / abbr. for 巴基斯坦鐵哥們|巴基斯坦铁哥们
outbound leg (of a bus or train journey etc)
advanced stream (in school) / express (train, bus etc)
data bus (computer)
bus transport
mixed use (e.g. pedestrians and vehicles) / joint operation (e.g. trains and buses)
(train or bus) station attendant
to put a new bus or railway station into operation


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