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HSK
ticket (for a bus or train)
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
car / automobile / bus / CL: 輛|辆
HSK 1
to get off or out of (a bus, train, car etc)
HSK 1
to finish work; to get off work / next service (train, bus etc)
HSK 1
to get on or into (a bus, train, car etc)
HSK 1
public transport vehicle / town bus / CL: 輛|辆
HSK 2
HSK 2
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  *路* | 路* | *路
road (CL:條|条) / journey / route / line (bus etc) / sort; kind
HSK 1
to change buses, trains etc
HSK 4
bus (loanword) / motor coach
HSK 4
express (train, bus etc)
HSK 6
rail station / bus stop / CL: 處|处, 個|个
HSK 1
coach / bus / passenger train
HSK 6
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
(coll.) large bus / coach / (abbr. for 大型巴士)
HSK 4
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
special (or reserved) train (or bus etc) / limousine / private car used as a taxi and booked via a smartphone app
the next stop (of a bus etc)
local bus or train / slow train with many stops
HSK 6
passenger transportation / (Tw) intercity bus
HSK 7-9
to miss (bus, train etc)
IC card used for paying fares on public transportation systems such as buses and subways
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
vehicle number (license plate number, taxi number, bus number, train car number)
HSK 6
bus stop
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
bus transport
bus stop
school bus
waiting room (for train, bus etc)
to be in operation / to do business / (of train, bus etc) to be in service / operation; service
HSK 7-9
Kowloon Motor Bus (KMB) (abbr. for 九龍巴士|九龙巴士)
to transfer / to change trains, buses etc
advanced stream (in school) / express (train, bus etc)
computer bus
to take the car, bus, train etc
bus stop / bus station
to give right of way to another vehicle / the wrong bus
generating line / generatrix (in geometry) / bus (in electronics) / bus bar
long-distance bus
bus shelter
pull tab (on a drink can) / strap handle (on a bus or train) / ring-shaped door handle
(of a bus, a train, a boat) to start off
covered truck; covered wagon / bus with some seating but mostly standing room
to change one's reservation / to transfer to a different flight, airline, bus or train
(coll.) to ride in sb else's car to save money / to ride on a train or bus without buying a ticket (fare-dodging)
(of a bus, train etc) to leave for / heading for
train or bus traveling only part of its normal route
bus stop / bus station
to drive a horse-drawn cart / to hasten to catch a train or bus
car window; window of a vehicle (bus, train etc)
shuttle bus / feeder bus
bus stop
(bus, train etc) depot / car factory or repair shop
to put a new bus or railway station into operation
data bus (computer)
delimited area / defined section of a train or bus route / numerical range / (math.) interval
mixed use (e.g. pedestrians and vehicles) / joint operation (e.g. trains and buses)
car door / door of bus, railway carriage etc
running in opposite direction (buses, trains, ferries etc)
running / operation (of airport, bus service, business etc)
to transfer / to change trains, buses etc
(of trains, buses or ferries etc) to stop running (temporarily or permanently)
shuttle bus ferrying passengers between train stations on two different rail lines
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *坐* | 坐* | *坐
to sit / to take a seat / to take (a bus, airplane etc) / to bear fruit / variant of
HSK 1
double-decker bus
the last bus (or train)
constant (math.) / quota / fixed number (e.g. of places on a bus) / fixed quantity (e.g. load of truck) / destiny
through train (or bus)
(train or bus) station attendant
request bus stop
bus stop sign; train station sign
double-decker bus
last bus or train / last chance
(computing) Universal Serial Bus; USB
to wait for a train or bus
extra bus or train
(Tw) priority seat (on a bus etc)
bus crew / driver and conductor
mini bus (used for public transportation)
morning bus / early train
route (of a bus etc)
to wait for a train or bus
last service (of train, bus, boat etc)
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)
kindergarten bus / baby carriage / stroller
(computing) front-side bus (FSB)
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
(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.)
shuttle bus (typically provided for employees or students by a company or school)
outbound leg (of a bus or train journey etc)
terminus / final stop on rail or bus line
regular bus (service)
priority seating for the aged (on buses etc)
to change train (plane, bus etc) / transfer between modes of transport
stop (on a bus or train route)
shuttle bus


Tip: Pinyin can be entered with or without tone numbers, e.g. 'nihao' or 'ni3hao3'.
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