Riding the Subway in Chinese with Fiona Tian

Gwilym James

It doesn’t matter if you’re in China for a few days or commute everyday for work: this video post will teach you the essential vocabulary and sentence structures you will need to ride the subway train.

Read more for the full lesson notes, including vocabulary and sentences found in the video.

You don’t necessarily need to speak Chinese to make your way around the subway network, but after watching this, you’ll have all the tools necessary to ask questions and find help. It is also a great way to learn frequently used sentence patterns for other situations that involve asking for help.

Without further ado, let Fiona take you on a short trip around a subway station in Taipei:

Key Words and Sentences from this lesson:

English	Simplified Chinese	Traditional	Pinyin
Subway (mainland China)	地铁	地鐵	dìtiě
Subway (Taiwan)	捷运	捷運	jié yùn
Station	站	站	zhàn
Ticket	票	票	piào
Card	卡	卡	kǎ
Entrence	入口	入口	rùkǒu
Exit	出口	出口	chūkǒu
Platform	月台	月台	yuè tái
Map	地图	地圖	dìtú
Excuse me, where can I buy a ticket	请问哪里买票	請問哪裡買票	qǐngwèn nǎlǐ mǎi piào
How do I buy a ticket?	怎么买票	怎麼買票	zěnme mǎi piào
Single Ticket	单程票	單程票	Dānchéng piào
Day Ticket	日票	日票	rì piào
Week Ticket	周票	週票	zhōu piào
Monthly Ticket	月票	月票	yuèpiào
excuse me, do you have a three day ticket?	请问有三日票吗	請問有三日票嗎	qǐngwèn yǒusān rì piào ma
Excuse me, is this X line?	请问，这是。。。线吗	請問，這是。。。線嗎	qǐngwèn, zhè shì. . . Xiàn ma
Line number two	二号线	二號線	èr hào xiàn
Excuse me, does this go to X station?	请问，会到 [ ] 站吗	請問，會到 [ ] 站嗎	qǐngwèn, huì dào [ ] zhàn ma
Excuse me, is this x station?	请问，这是 [ ] 站吗	請問，這是 [ ] 站嗎	qǐngwèn, zhè shì [ ] zhàn ma
Another stop	再一站	再一站	zài yí zhàn
The next stop	下一站	下一站	xià yí zhàn
(It’s) passed!	过了	過了	guò le
Go back/return	回头	回頭	huítóu

We hope you found this video lesson useful. Is there anything we missed, that you are confused about when you travel on the subway? Leave us a comment and let us know! Or tell us another common situation that you would like to learn more about.

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You probably recognize Gwilym as one of the co-hosts of ChinesePod. Gwilym hails from the U.K. but has lived in Taiwan since 2012. His interests include keeping abreast of technology news, going to the cinema, and playing with his lovely cats.