Train in Chinese (Mandarin): 火车 (huǒchē)
火车
huǒchē
train
- Simplified
- 火车
- Traditional
- 火車
- Pinyin
- huǒchē
- Typed as
- huoche
Use it in a sentence
火车很长。
火車很長。
The train is very long.
The characters in 火车
火
Fire. It began as a drawing of flames.
4 strokes
车 / 車
Vehicle, car. It began as a drawing of a cart.
4 strokes
火车 is a "fire vehicle", from the days of steam trains. A train station is 火车站 (huǒchēzhàn).
More examples with 火车
火车开得很快。
火車開得很快。
Huǒchē kāi de hěn kuài.
The train goes very fast.
我们坐火车去奶奶家。
我們坐火車去奶奶家。
Wǒmen zuò huǒchē qù nǎinai jiā.
We take the train to Grandma's house.
How to write 火车 in Chinese
Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.
火 4 strokes
车 4 strokes
In Traditional characters:
車 7 strokes
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