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HSK 5 Vocabulary: 29 Words for Going Out and Travel

HSK 5 Vocabulary · part 8 · 29 words 10:32 Mandarin audio · every word and sentence on screen with pinyin and English

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预订 yùdìng: to book. I booked a room online. 我在网上预订了房间。 Wǒ zài wǎngshang yùdìng le fángjiān.
往返 wǎngfǎn: to go there and back. How much is a return trip from Beijing to Shanghai? 从北京到上海,往返要多少钱? Cóng Běijīng dào Shànghǎi, wǎngfǎn yào duōshao qián?
登机牌 dēngjīpái: boarding pass. Please keep your boarding pass with you. 请拿好您的登机牌。 Qǐng ná hǎo nín de dēngjīpái.
海关 hǎiguān: customs. After we get off the plane, we have to go through customs. 下了飞机,我们要过海关。 Xià le fēijī, wǒmen yào guò hǎiguān.
排队 páiduì: to queue. Lots of people are queuing for tickets. 很多人在排队买票。 Hěn duō rén zài páiduì mǎi piào.
等候 děnghòu: to wait. Please wait here. 请在这里等候。 Qǐng zài zhèlǐ děnghòu.
到达 dàodá: to arrive. The plane arrives in Shanghai at three in the afternoon. 飞机下午三点到达上海。 Fēijī xiàwǔ sān diǎn dàodá Shànghǎi.
长途 chángtú: long-distance. Dad is a driver; he drives long-distance every day. 爸爸是司机,每天都要开长途。 Bàba shì sījī, měitiān dōu yào kāi chángtú.
车厢 chēxiāng: carriage. There are very few people in this carriage. 这个车厢里人很少。 Zhège chēxiāng li rén hěn shǎo.
乘 chéng: to ride, to travel by. It's easy to take the underground to the airport. 乘地铁去机场很方便。 Chéng dìtiě qù jīchǎng hěn fāngbiàn.
高速 gāosù: high-speed. We're taking a high-speed train to Beijing. 我们坐高速火车去北京。 Wǒmen zuò gāosù huǒchē qù Běijīng.
驾驶 jiàshǐ: to drive. He's been driving for twenty years. 他驾驶汽车已经二十年了。 Tā jiàshǐ qìchē yǐjīng èrshí nián le.
卡车 kǎchē: lorry, truck. There's a big lorry on the road. 路上有一辆大卡车。 Lù shang yǒu yí liàng dà kǎchē.
摩托车 mótuōchē: motorbike. My brother rides a motorbike to work. 哥哥骑摩托车去上班。 Gēge qí mótuōchē qù shàngbān.
汽油 qìyóu: petrol. The car is out of petrol; let's go to a petrol station. 车里没有汽油了,我们去加油站吧。 Chē li méiyǒu qìyóu le, wǒmen qù jiāyóuzhàn ba.
拐弯 guǎiwān: to turn a corner. Turn left up ahead and you're there. 前面往左拐弯就到了。 Qiánmiàn wǎng zuǒ guǎiwān jiù dào le.
迷路 mílù: to get lost. It's my first time here, and I got lost. 我第一次来这儿,迷路了。 Wǒ dì yī cì lái zhèr, mílù le.
行人 xíngrén: pedestrian. Watch out for pedestrians when you drive. 开车的时候要注意行人。 Kāichē de shíhou yào zhùyì xíngrén.
名胜 míngshèng: famous sight. Beijing has lots of famous sights. 北京有很多名胜。 Běijīng yǒu hěn duō míngshèng.
游览 yóulǎn: to tour, to go sightseeing. We spent a day touring the city. 我们花了一天游览这个城市。 Wǒmen huā le yì tiān yóulǎn zhège chéngshì.
景色 jǐngsè: scenery. The scenery on the mountain is really beautiful. 山上的景色真美。 Shān shang de jǐngsè zhēn měi.
塔 tǎ: tower, pagoda. There's a tall pagoda by the river. 河边有一座很高的塔。 Hé biān yǒu yí zuò hěn gāo de tǎ.
岛 dǎo: island. We're taking a boat to that little island. 我们坐船去那个小岛。 Wǒmen zuò chuán qù nàge xiǎo dǎo.
广场 guǎngchǎng: square, plaza. In the evening lots of people dance in the square. 晚上很多人在广场上跳舞。 Wǎnshang hěn duō rén zài guǎngchǎng shang tiàowǔ.
博物馆 bówùguǎn: museum. At the weekend we went to the history museum. 周末我们去了历史博物馆。 Zhōumò wǒmen qù le lìshǐ bówùguǎn.
胡同 hútòng: lane, hutong. Grandma lives in an old hutong. 奶奶住在一条老胡同里。 Nǎinai zhù zài yì tiáo lǎo hútòng li.
郊区 jiāoqū: suburbs. Their home is in the suburbs; it's very quiet. 他们家住在郊区,很安静。 Tāmen jiā zhù zài jiāoqū, hěn ānjìng.
邮局 yóujú: post office. I'm going to the post office to send a letter. 我去邮局寄信。 Wǒ qù yóujú jì xìn.
明信片 míngxìnpiàn: postcard. I sent a friend a postcard. 我给朋友寄了一张明信片。 Wǒ gěi péngyou jì le yì zhāng míngxìnpiàn.

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