火车站 (huǒ chē zhàn) — railway station; train station

Definition

noun

railway stationtrain station

Measure word · 个

Examples

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Wǒ míng tiān qù huǒ chē zhàn jiē péng you.
I'm going to the train station tomorrow to pick up a friend.
火车站，。
Zhè ge huǒ chē zhàn hěn dà, yǒu hěn duō chū kǒu.
This train station is very big, with many exits.
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Qǐng wèn, qù huǒ chē zhàn zěn me zǒu?
Excuse me, how do I get to the train station?

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

火车train

火huǒfire车chēvehicle

偏正Modifier + head

站zhànstation

火车 train + 站 station: a station where trains stop.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

火 is a simple drawing of a fire, with flames shown rising upward.

Open 火 →

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 車; 车 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 車 was drawn as a carriage seen from above, with wheels on both sides and a shaft at the front; the simplified 车 is a later shorthand.

Open 车 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

立占站

Meaning part形符xíngfú

立立lì

Sound part声符shēngfú

占

占zhàn站zhàn

Same sound today

站 has 立 on the left and 占 on the right; 立 relates to standing, and 占 gives the sound.

Open 站 →

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