Getting Around! Mandarin Words for Transportation 🚗🚆✈️🚲

Welcome to Day 20 of our 30-Day Thematic Chinese Word Challenge! 🎉

Two-thirds of the way there! Yesterday we learned how to move, and today we learn what we use to move around: Transportation (交通工具 – jiāotōng gōngjù)! From cars to planes, let’s learn how to name different ways to travel.

Let’s learn 10 common modes of transportation!

Today’s 10 Thematic Words: Transportation

How do you get to school or work? Learn the Mandarin words for these vehicles!

汽车 (qìchē) – Car
公交车 (gōngjiāochē) – Bus (Public Bus)
地铁 (dìtiě) – Subway / Metro
火车 (huǒchē) – Train
飞机 (fēijī) – Airplane
轮船 (lúnchuán) – Ship / Boat
出租车 (chūzūchē) – Taxi
自行车 (zìxíngchē) – Bicycle
摩托车 (mótuōchē) – Motorcycle
房车 (fángchē) – RV / Camper Van

(Which one do you use most often?)

Watch Today’s Quick Lesson!

Vroom vroom! Watch our quick YouTube Short for Day 20 to see these transportation words.

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• Audio Files for pronunciation practice

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Tomorrow’s Theme:

Super work on Day 20! You can now talk about how you travel.

Tomorrow’s Theme (Day 21): Where do you go when you travel? We’ll learn about Places Related to Travel (旅行相关地点 – lǚxíng xiāngguān dìdiǎn)! See you then! 再见 (Zàijiàn)!

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