Lesson 10: Transportation

寒假

hánjià - winter vacation

暑假

shǔjià - summer vacation

交通

jiāotōng - traffic, transportation

寒

hán - cold

假

jià - vacation

飞机/飛機

fēijī - airplane

飞/飛

fēi - to fly

机/機

jī - machine

票

piào - ticket

（飞）机场/（飛）機場

(fēi)jīchǎng - airport

坐

zuò - to travel by

公共汽车/公共汽車

gōnggòng qìchē - bus

公共

gōnggòng - public

汽车/汽車

qìchē - automobile

汽

qì - steam, gas

车/車

chē - car, vehicle

或者

huòzhě - or (in a statement)

地铁/地鐵

dìtiě - subway

地

dì - ground, (particle)

铁/鐵

tiě - iron

走

zǒu - to go by way of, to walk

先

xiān - first

路

lù - road, route

站

zhàn - (measure word for bus stops, train stops, etc.)

下车/下車

xià chē - to get off (a bus, train, etc.)

然后/然後

ránhòu - then

绿/綠

lǜ - green

线/線

xiàn - line, route

最后

zuìhòu - final, last

蓝/藍

lán - blue

麻烦/麻煩

máfan - troublesome

麻

má - hemp

烦/煩

fán - to bother, to trouble

打车/打車

dǎ chē - to take a taxi

出租汽车/出租汽車

chūzū qìchē - taxi

出租

chūzū - to rent out, to let

出

chū - to go out

租

zū - to rent

开车/開車

kāi chē - to drive a car

开/開

kāi - to drive, to operate

送

sòng - to see off or out, to take (someone somewhere)

电子邮件/電子郵件

diànzǐ yóujiàn - email/electronic mail

电子/電子

diànzǐ - electron

邮件/郵件

yóujiàn - mail

邮/郵

yóu - mail, post

让/讓

ràng - to allow or cause (somebody to do something)

花/花

huā - to spend

不好意思

bù hǎoyìsi - to feel embarrassed

出去

chū qù - to go out

每

měi - every, each

城市

chéngshì - city

城

chéng - town

市

shì - city

特别

tèbié - especially

特

tè - special

高速公路

gāosù gōnglù - highway

高速

gāosù - high speed

速

sù - speed

公路

gōnglù - highway, public road

路

lù - road, path

紧张/緊張

jǐnzhāng - nervous, anxious

紧/緊

jǐn - tense, tight

自己

zìjǐ - oneself

自

zì - self

己

jī - self

手机/手機

shǒujī - cell phone

发短信/發短信

fā duǎnxìn - to send a text message (lit. to send a short message)

新年

xīnnián - new year

快乐/快樂

kuàilè - happy