"Train" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 péi xùn to cultivate / to train / to groom / training
 xùn liàn to train / to drill / training / CL:個|个[ge4]
 jiào liàn to coach / to train / instructor / sports coach / trainer (CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2])
 liè chē (railway) train
 péi yù to train / to breed
 zāi péi to grow / to cultivate / to train / to educate / to patronize
 huǒ chē train / CL:列[lie4],節|节[jie2],班[ban1],趟[tang4]
 zào jiù to bring up / to train / to contribute to / achievements (usually of young people)
 liàn gōng to do tai chi / to practice kung-fu (or other martial art) / to train (for dancing, acrobatics etc)
 tiáo lǐ to nurse one's health / to recuperate / to take care of / to look after / to discipline / to educate / to train / to prepare food / (dialect) to make fun of / (medicine) to opsonize
 zhí jiào to teach / to be a teacher / to train / to coach
 tiáo jiào to instruct / to teach / to train / to raise (livestock)
 zhuān chē special (or reserved) train (or bus etc) / limousine / private car used as a taxi and booked via a smartphone app
 péi zhí to cultivate / to train / cultivation / training
 jiào huà to enlighten / to civilize / to indoctrinate / to train (an animal)
 liàn to practice / to train / to drill / to perfect (one's skill) / exercise / (literary) white silk / to boil and scour raw silk
 xùn to teach / to train / to admonish / (bound form) instruction (from superiors) / teachings / rule
 péi to bank up with earth / to cultivate (lit. or fig.) / to train (people)
 tiáo xùn to train / to care for and educate
 yùn xíng (of celestial bodies etc) to move along one's course / (fig.) to function / to be in operation / (of a train service etc) to operate / to run / (of a computer) to run
 zhàn zhǎng person in charge of a train station 車站|车站[che1 zhan4] (stationmaster), website 網站|网站[wang3 zhan4] (webmaster), volunteer center 志工站[zhi4 gong1 zhan4] (center manager), etc
 yùn yíng to be in operation / to do business / (of train, bus etc) to be in service / operation / service
 duàn liàn to toughen / to temper / to engage in physical exercise / to work out / (fig.) to develop one's skills / to train oneself
 dì tiě underground railway / subway / subway train
 huǒ chē zhàn train station
 xià chē to get off or out of (a bus, train, car etc)
 sī xù train of thought / emotional state / mood / feeling
 shàng chē to get on or into (a bus, train, car etc)
 kè chē coach / bus / passenger train
 pǎo chē racing bicycle / racing car / sports car / to drive a vehicle (such as a truck or taxi) for a living / (of a conductor or attendant) to work on a train / (mining) (of a cable-car) to slip away (in an accident)
 qū jiān delimited area / defined section of a train or bus route / numerical range / (math.) interval
 zhí dá to reach (a place) directly / (transportation) to reach the destination without changing service or without stopping / (of a train, flight etc) direct / nonstop
 huǒ chē piào train ticket
 jī chē locomotive / train engine car / (Tw) scooter / (Tw) (slang) hard to get along with / to be a pain in the ass / (Tw) damn! / crap!
 huàn chéng to change train (plane, bus etc) / transfer between modes of transport
 chē cì train or coach service ("service" as in "they run 12 services per day between the two cities")
 jí xùn to train together / to practice as a group
 yìng wò hard sleeper (a type of sleeper train ticket class with a harder bunk)
 chē chuāng car window / window of a vehicle (bus, train etc)
 zuò chē to take the car, bus, train etc
 kāi wǎng (of a bus, train etc) to leave for / heading for
 kǔ liàn to train hard / to practice diligently / hard work / blood, sweat, and tears
 chuáng wèi bed (in hospital, hotel, train etc) / berth / bunk
 zhuàng sǐ to knock down and kill (with a car, train etc)
 diàn chē tram / streetcar / trolleybus / electric car / e-bike / (in the context of Japan) electric train
 bāo fáng compartment (of train, ship etc) / private room at restaurant / rented room for karaoke / hotel room rented by the hour
 xīn lù scheme / artifice / tolerance / intention / motive / train of thought / brains / wit / ideas
 zhèng diǎn (of a train etc) on time / punctual / (slang) awesome / (Tw) on the hour
 jìn zhàn (of a train, bus etc) to pull into a station / to arrive at a stop / (of a person) to enter a station / to visit a website / to formally begin a temporary postdoctoral research position (China has postdoctoral research "stations" 博士後流動站|博士后流动站[bo2shi4hou4 liu2dong4zhan4] where postdocs conduct research for a limited period.)
 shǐ rù (of a car, ship, train etc) to enter
 ruǎn wò soft sleeper (a type of sleeper train ticket class with a softer bunk)
 kāi zǒu to go (of car, train etc) / to drive off
 zhuān liè special train / abbr. for 專門列車|专门列车[zhuan1 men2 lie4 che1]
 huǒ chē tóu train engine / locomotive
 chéng wù yuán attendant on an airplane, train, boat etc
 zhàn pái bus stop sign / train station sign
 mò bān chē last bus or train / last chance
 hòu chē to wait for a train or bus
 xùn yǎng to domesticate / to raise and train
 liú yáng (old) to study abroad / (sports) to train abroad
 chē hào vehicle number (license plate number, taxi number, bus number, train car number)
 wén sī the train of thought in writing
 hòu chē shì waiting room (for train, bus etc)
 liè chē yuán train attendant
 kōng zài (of a ship, train etc) not carrying any load (i.e. no passengers or freight etc) / (electricity) no-load (used to describe the condition of a transformer when there is no load connected to its secondary coil)
 liè chē zhǎng conductor / train manager
 chéng jǐng police on trains / train marshal
 zhí dá chē through train (or bus)
 bǔ piào to buy or upgrade a ticket after boarding a train, boat etc / to buy a ticket for a show after having sat down in the theater
 màn chē local bus or train / slow train with many stops
 qín xué kǔ liàn to study diligently / to train assiduously
 zhěng xùn to drill troops / to build up and train
 jié joint / node / (bound form) section / segment / solar term (one of the 24 divisions of the year in the traditional Chinese calendar) / seasonal festival / (bound form) to economize / to save / (bound form) moral integrity / chastity / classifier for segments: lessons, train wagons, biblical verses etc / knot (nautical miles per hour)
 yǎng bīng to train troops
 yā chē to escort (goods) during transportation / to delay unloading (a truck, train etc)
 chéng wù service (on a train, a plane etc)
 wù chē to miss (bus, train etc)
 huò yùn liè chē goods train / freight train
 zhí tōng huǒ chē through train
 jiā chē extra bus or train
 qū jiān chē train or bus traveling only part of its normal route
 shí nián shù mù , bǎi nián shù rén It takes ten years to nurture a tree, but a hundred years to train a man (idiom). A good education program takes a long time to develop.
线 guó nèi xiàn domestic flight / internal line (air, train, ferry etc)
 zǐ dàn huǒ chē bullet train / Shinkansen 新幹線|新干线, Japanese high-speed train
 zhuān mén liè chē special train
 jiē bó chē shuttle bus ferrying passengers between train stations on two different rail lines
 zǎo chē morning bus / early train
 wǎn chē night train
 pǔ tōng chē local train / ordinary vehicle
 tè kuài liè chē special express train
 jié chē a train / articulated vehicle
 wò cāng sleeping cabin on a boat or train
 tiáo xùn to look after and train (animals)
 zài kè chē passenger train (or bus)
 yǎng bīng qiān rì , yòng bīng yī shí lit. Train an army for a thousand days to use it for an hour. (idiom) / fig. extensive preparation eventually pays off
 yǎng bīng qiān rì , yòng zài yī cháo lit. Train an army for a thousand days to use it for one morning. (idiom) / fig. extensive preparation eventually pays off
 liàn variant of 練|练, to practice / to train / to drill / to perfect (one's skill) / exercise
 chē chǎng (bus, train etc) depot / car factory or repair shop
 dòng chē (PRC) (D- or C-class) high-speed train / power car / multiple-unit train (abbr. for 動車組|动车组[dong4che1zu3])
 zhí dá liè chē through train
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