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HSK
ticket (for a bus or train)
HSK 1
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  *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
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
underground railway; subway / subway train
HSK 2
to train / to drill / training / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
to cultivate / to train / to groom / training
HSK 4
to guide; to direct; to instruct / coach; trainer
HSK 3
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  *往* | 往* | *往
to go (in a direction) / to / towards / (of a train) bound for / past / previous
HSK 2
train / CL: , 節|节, ,
HSK 1
to change buses, trains etc
HSK 4
track (for trains etc) / orbit (of a satellite) / (fig.) a person's established path in life / desired trajectory (of a business or other endeavor) / (audio engineering) track / (quantum mechanics) orbital
HSK 6
express (train, bus etc)
HSK 6
to drive a car (or train etc) / (slang) to post sexual content online; to make a sexual joke
HSK 1
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  *节* | 节* | *节
joint; node / (bound form) section; segment / solar term (one of the 24 divisions of the year in the traditional Chinese calendar) / seasonal festival / (bound form) to economize; to save / (bound form) moral integrity; chastity / classifier for segments: lessons, train wagons, biblical verses etc / knot (nautical miles per hour)
HSK 2
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  *练* | 练* | *练
to practice / to train / to drill / to perfect (one's skill) / exercise / (literary) white silk / to boil and scour raw silk
HSK 2
(railway) train
HSK 4
to coach; to train / instructor; sports coach; trainer (CL:,)
HSK 3
coach / bus / passenger train
HSK 6
a bed (on a train) / a couchette
HSK 6
(of celestial bodies etc) to move along one's course / (fig.) to function; to be in operation / (of a train service etc) to operate; to run / (of a computer) to run
HSK 5
(of trains etc) late / delayed / behind schedule / light dinner
HSK 4
to take (a ship, plane etc); to ride (in a train or other vehicle)
HSK 5
to toughen / to temper / to engage in physical exercise / to work out / (fig.) to develop one's skills / to train oneself
HSK 4
tram; streetcar / trolleybus / electric car / e-bike / (in the context of Japan) electric train
HSK 6
to train / to breed
HSK 4
(of trains) down (i.e. away from the capital) / (of river boats) to travel downstream / to issue (a document) to lower bureaucratic levels / (of writing on the page) vertical, proceeding from top to bottom
Western medicine / a doctor trained in Western medicine
HSK 2
to miss (train, opportunity etc)
HSK 6
business class (travel class on airplanes, trains etc)
conductor / train manager
express (train, delivery etc)
HSK 6
to go (of car, train etc) / to drive off
special (or reserved) train (or bus etc) / limousine / private car used as a taxi and booked via a smartphone app
traditional Chinese medical science / a doctor trained in Chinese medicine
(PRC) (D- or C-class) high-speed train / power car / multiple-unit train (abbr. for 動車組|动车组)
train attendant
local bus or train / slow train with many stops
HSK 6
to train hard / to practice diligently / hard work / blood, sweat, and tears
HSK 7-9
racing bicycle; racing car; sports car / to drive a vehicle (such as a truck or taxi) for a living / (of a conductor or attendant) to work on a train / (mining) (of a cable-car) to slip away (in an accident)
HSK 7-9
train of thought; way of thinking
to miss (bus, train etc)
to bring up / to train / to contribute to / achievements (usually of young people)
HSK 7-9
bed (in hospital, hotel, train etc) / berth / bunk
HSK 7-9
to grow / to cultivate / to train / to educate / to patronize
HSK 7-9
attendant on an airplane, train, boat etc
business class (travel class on airplanes, trains etc)
vehicle number (license plate number, taxi number, bus number, train car number)
HSK 6
lit. strong soldiers and sturdy horses (idiom) / fig. a well-trained and powerful army
(of a train etc) on time; punctual / (slang) awesome / (Tw) on the hour
hard seat (on trains or boats)
bedroom / a sleeping compartment (on a train)
local train / ordinary vehicle
departure (of a coach or train) / to dispatch a vehicle
(of trains) up (i.e. towards the capital) / (of river boats) to go against the current / to submit (a document) to higher authorities
scheme / artifice / tolerance / intention / motive / train of thought / brains / wit / ideas
special train / abbr. for 專門列車|专门列车
train station
lit. train an army for a thousand days to use it for one morning (idiom) / fig. extensive preparation eventually pays off
secondary normal school (secondary school that trains kindergarten and elementary school teachers)
to train troops
waiting room (for train, bus etc)
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  *搭* | 搭* | *搭
to put up / to build (scaffolding) / to hang (clothes on a pole) / to connect / to join / to arrange in pairs / to match / to add / to throw in (resources) / to take (boat, train) / variant of
HSK 6
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  *训* | 训* | *训
to teach; to train; to admonish / (bound form) instruction (from superiors); teachings; rule
HSK 7-9
to knock down and kill (with a car, train etc)
to nurse one's health / to recuperate / to take care of / to look after / to discipline / to educate / to train / to prepare food / (dialect) to make fun of / (medicine) to opsonize
to change (train or plane) / transfer / correspondence
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  *培* | 培* | *培
to bank up with earth / to cultivate (lit. or fig.) / to train (people)
to cultivate / to train / cultivation / training
personal trainer
coach (teacher or trainer)
CRH-series high-speed trains operated by China Railway
(of trains etc) to set off (on a journey) / to start (being issued or circulated) / to start (happening) / originating
to be in operation / to do business / (of train, bus etc) to be in service / operation; service
HSK 7-9
train of thought / emotional state / mood / feeling
magnetic levitation (train) / maglev
to transfer / to change trains, buses etc
advanced stream (in school) / express (train, bus etc)
New Armies (modernized Qing armies, trained and equipped according to Western standards, founded after Japan's victory in the First Sino-Japanese War in 1895)
Xu Beihong (1895-1953), famous European-trained painter and influential art teacher
train ticket
to take the car, bus, train etc
trainer (aircraft)
Li Siguang (1889-1971), Mongol-born, Japanese-trained geologist, prominent in early PRC oil exploration
(old) to study abroad / (sports) to train abroad
through train
hard sleeper (a type of sleeper train ticket class with a harder bunk)
A famous teacher trains a fine student (idiom). A cultured man will have a deep influence on his successors.
to commission another organization (a school or training center etc) to train one's personnel (abbr. for 委托培養|委托培养)
to lie across the railway tracks (to commit suicide or to prevent trains from getting through)
(Tw) (neologism c. 2007) young person who is not studying, working or being trained for work (loanword from NEET: not in education, employment or training)
pull tab (on a drink can) / strap handle (on a bus or train) / ring-shaped door handle
locomotive; train engine car / (coll.) motorcycle / (Tw) scooter; motorcycle / (Tw) (slang) hard to get along with; annoying / (Tw) damn!; crap!
(of a bus, a train, a boat) to start off
(of a train, boat, plane etc) to head in the direction of
Shinkansen, Japan's high-speed rail network / Shinkansen train
to instruct / to teach / to train / to raise (livestock)
Ever Victorious Army (1860-1864), Qing dynasty army equipped and trained jointly with Europeans and used esp. against the Taiping rebels
to change one's reservation / to transfer to a different flight, airline, bus or train

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