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列车

lièchē

train

A train on a track
Memory picture

Characters in this word

列 liè

Strokes
6
Radical
刂 — knife
Made of
歹 corpse 刂 knife
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

车 chē

Strokes
4
Radical
车 — cart, vehicle
How it's built
Pictograph — a drawing of the thing

Example phrases

  • 列车到了。 Lièchē dào le. The train is here.
  • 列车很快。 Lièchē hěn kuài. The train goes very fast.
  • 我等列车。 Wǒ děng lièchē. I am waiting for the train.

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