Train tickets — one ticket to Shanghai

10 minutes

Buy a train ticket, ask about departure time, and find the ticket checkpoint.

How to use these phrases

Use 张 to count flat objects such as tickets: 一张票 means one ticket. 去上海的票 means a ticket to Shanghai; 的 connects the destination phrase to the ticket. Ask about the time with 几点 and the place with 在哪儿.

Chinese vocabulary and Pinyin

ChinesePinyinMeaning
车票chēpiàotravel ticket
张zhāngmeasure word for flat objects
高铁gāotiěhigh-speed rail
出发chūfāto depart
检票口jiǎnpiàokǒuticket checkpoint
上海ShànghǎiShanghai

Example sentences

我要一张去上海的车票。

Wǒ yào yì zhāng qù Shànghǎi de chēpiào.

I would like one ticket to Shanghai.

高铁几点出发?

Gāotiě jǐ diǎn chūfā?

What time does the high-speed train leave?

检票口在哪儿?

Jiǎnpiàokǒu zài nǎr?

Where is the ticket checkpoint?

下午三点出发。

Xiàwǔ sān diǎn chūfā.

It leaves at three in the afternoon.

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