列车
HSK 4 (2021)Old HSK 5
列车 (lièchē) · train
列车 (lièchē) means “train”. It is written with 2 characters: 列 (to list) + 车 (vehicle). It is an HSK 4 word in the 2021 standard.
How 列车 is built
The characters
列 liè · to list
What 列 is made of
- 歹dǎi — corpse
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 夕xī — evening
- 勹bāo — wrap shape
- 丶 — dot
- 刂dāo — knife
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 亅 — hook
Origin hint: line (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
车 chē · vehicle
What 车 is made of
- 七qī — seven
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 乚 — hook stroke
- 十 — ten
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 丨 — vertical stroke
Origin hint: Simplified form of 車, a cart with two wheels, seen from above (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
列车马上就要开了。Lièchē mǎshàng jiù yào kāi le.The train is about to leave.
这趟列车去北京吗？Zhè tàng lièchē qù Běijīng ma?Does this train go to Beijing?
Questions about 列车
What does 列车 mean?
列车 (lièchē) means “train”.
How do you pronounce 列车?
列车 is pronounced lièchē.
Which HSK level is 列车?
列车 is in HSK 4 (2021) and Old HSK 5.
Related words
- 列入lièrùto include (in a list or plan)
- 列为lièwéito be listed as
- 排列páilièto arrange
- 系列xìlièseries
- 并列bìnglièto be side by side
- 陈列chénlièto display
- 行列hánglièranks
- 列举lièjǔto list
- 列lièto list
- 车票chēpiàobus or train ticket
Learn 列车 with its group
It is part of HSK 4 (2021) · Group 84: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.