How to say “airport” in Chinese
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Pinyin colour key: tone 1 (high flat), tone 2 (rising), tone 3 (dipping), tone 4 (falling), neutral.
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Flat 机, then a dipping 场. Literally 'plane field' (飞机 fēijī is an aeroplane). Taxi drivers understand 去机场 (qù jīchǎng), and the metro line is usually called 机场线 (jīchǎng xiàn).
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Qǐng sòng wǒ qù jīchǎng.
Please take me to the airport.
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How do you say "airport" in Chinese?+
"airport" in Mandarin Chinese is 机场, pronounced jīchǎng. Flat 机, then a dipping 场. Literally 'plane field' (飞机 fēijī is an aeroplane). Taxi drivers understand 去机场 (qù jīchǎng), and the metro line is usually called 机场线 (jīchǎng xiàn).
What does 机场 mean literally?+
机场 breaks down as 机 (jī) = machine (from 飞机, plane), 场 (chǎng) = field / ground. Together it means "airport".
How do I get the tones right in jīchǎng?+
Flat 机, then a dipping 场. Literally 'plane field' (飞机 fēijī is an aeroplane). Taxi drivers understand 去机场 (qù jīchǎng), and the metro line is usually called 机场线 (jīchǎng xiàn).
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