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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 火车

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
火车 huǒ chē - train
- CL:列[lie4],節|节[jie2],班[ban1],趟[tang4]

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- 1 1,739 3,844 2,818

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
huǒ- surname Huo
huǒ- fire
- urgent
- ammunition
- fiery or flaming
- internal heat (Chinese medicine)
- hot (popular)
- classifier for military units (old)
- Kangxi radical 86
chē- surname Che
chē- car
- vehicle
- CL:輛|辆[liang4]
- machine
- to shape with a lathe
- Kangxi radical 159
- war chariot (archaic)
- rook (in Chinese chess)
- rook (in chess)

Other Words Containing 火车

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
火车 - 1 1,739 3,844 2,818
火车站 1 - 6,801 7,739 6,646
火车票 - - 21,410 10,432 5,470
火车头 - - 25,872 24,712 37,709