火车站 (huǒchē zhàn) — "train station" in Chinese

HSK 2

火车站

Train station

noun

Character composition

火

fire

车

vehicle, car

站

to stand, station

Radicals / Keys

火

Fire

#86 · huǒ · 4 strokes

立

Stand

#117 · lì · 5 strokes

車

Cart

#159 · chē · 7 strokes

Collocations

去火车站

qù huǒchēzhàn

to go to the train station

Examples

我们八点在火车站见面。

We'll meet at the train station at eight.

我去火车站

I'm going to the train station.

Mnemonic

[huǒchē zhàn-] Horace the Choo-choo Train is at the 火车站 🚉. He feels like a speeding fireball 火 as he zips past a parked car 车, suddenly needing to stand 站 still as a giant balloon in the shape of a dragon appears overhead. The scene is so fiery and absurd, it turns the train station into a circus!

Writing

Frequently asked questions

How to say train station in Mandarin?

"train station" in Chinese is 火车站 (huǒchē zhàn).

Huochezhan meaning in English

火车站 (huǒchē zhàn) means "Train station".

Train station in Chinese pinyin

It is pronounced huǒchē zhàn (written as huoche zhan, huochezhan). You can listen to the pronunciation on this page.

How do you write "train station" in Chinese characters?

It is written 火车站: 火 has 4 strokes, 车 has 4 strokes, 站 has 10 strokes. The Writing section above animates the stroke order of each character and lets you trace it.