进站 (jìn zhàn) — to enter a station (train, subway, bus, etc.)

Definition

A directional verb meaning to go into a station (subway, bus, train). Pairs with 刷卡 / 检票, contrasted with 出站 ('to exit a station').

verb

to enter a station (train, subway, bus, etc.)

Examples

进站。
Qǐng shuā kǎ jìn zhàn.
Please tap your card to enter the station.
。
Wǒ jìn le zhàn cái xiǎng qǐ lái wàng dài shǒu jī le.
I only remembered I forgot my phone after I entered the station.
，进站。
Dì tiě zhàn rén hěn duō, jìn zhàn yào pái duì.
The subway station is crowded; you have to queue to enter the station.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

进jìnenter

站zhànstation

进 marks entering and 站 marks a station, so the action is entering a station.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 進; 进 is its simplified writing.

辵辵chuòwalk
隹隹zhuīshort-tail bird

The traditional form 進 pairs 辵 (walk) with 隹 (short-tail bird): the picture showed moving forward because a bird can only walk forward, not backward. The simplified 进 is a later shorthand.

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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.

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