坐火车
HSK 2 · 出行
Take a train: buy a ticket, find the platform, get on and find your seat.
Key words
火车票上车座位站台
Dialogue
去北京坐什么车?Qù Běijīng zuò shénme chē?
What train goes to Beijing?(A)
坐高铁,三个小时到。Zuò gāotiě, sān ge xiǎoshí dào.
Take the high-speed rail; it takes three hours.(B)
车票在哪儿买?Chēpiào zài nǎr mǎi?
Where do I buy the ticket?(A)
用手机买很方便。Yòng shǒujī mǎi hěn fāngbiàn.
Buying on your phone is convenient.(B)
Patterns
坐 + 车 + 去 + 地方
Say you take transport to a place.
我坐高铁去北京。Wǒ zuò gāotiě qù Běijīng.
I take the high-speed rail to Beijing.
坐地铁去机场。Zuò dìtiě qù jīchǎng.
Take the subway to the airport.
……很方便
Say something is convenient.
用手机买票很方便。Yòng shǒujī mǎipiào hěn fāngbiàn.
Buying tickets on your phone is convenient.
地铁很方便。Dìtiě hěn fāngbiàn.
The subway is convenient.
Vocabulary
火车huǒchē
train · I travel by train.
票piào
ticket · I bought three tickets.
上车shàngchē
to board · Please queue to board.
座位zuòwèi
seat · This seat is mine.
站台zhàntái
platform · The train is at platform 2.