Travel and Tourism

Going travelling

This module builds your Chinese for travel: kinds of transport, booking a holiday, and following simple directions. Each example is a Chinese word with its English meaning. A full sentence looks like this: 我去度假 (wǒ qù dùjià), meaning I go on holiday.

Four kinds of transport

Start with four kinds of transport. Many share the character 车 (chē), meaning vehicle.

Match each holiday word

One character, many words

The character 车 (chē) means a vehicle, and it appears in many transport words. 火 means fire, so 火车 (huǒchē) is a train. Spot 车 in a word and you know it is something you travel in or on.

Which word is a plane?

Which Chinese word means a plane?

• 飞机
• 汽车
• 船
• 自行车

Spot the two kinds of transport

Select the TWO words that are kinds of transport.

• 飞机
• 船
• 度假
• 旅行

Match each vehicle

Getting there and staying

Reading the whole word tells you whether it is about getting there or about the holiday itself. Here are more of each.

Find the two kinds of transport

Tap the TWO words that are kinds of transport.

• 飞机, a plane
• 度假, to have a holiday
• 火车, a train
• 旅行, to travel

Reading a sentence

Now read a full Chinese sentence: 我开车 (wǒ kāichē) = "I drive a car". Parts: 我 (wǒ, "I"), then 开车 (kāichē, "to drive"). The character 车 (chē) is the same vehicle character you saw in 火车 and 汽车.

What does it say?

In 我开车 (wǒ kāichē), what does the person do?

• They drive a car
• They fly in a plane
• They take the train
• They go on holiday

A train journey

Put the steps of a train journey into a sensible order.

• Pack your bag
• Go to the station
• Buy a return ticket
• Board the train
• Arrive at your destination

Complete the travel facts

The character 车 means a _____. The word 飞机 means a _____. If you are coming back, you buy a _____ ticket. To stay alone you book a single _____. To relax on the beach you _____.

Read the sign

Use what you know to read each Chinese word at a station or on the street. Choose each time.

• A departures board shows 飞机 (fēijī). What is leaving?
• A rank is marked 出租车 (chūzūchē). What waits there?
• Directions tell you to 向右拐 (xiàng yòu guǎi). What do you do?

Write about a trip

In English, write about a trip you would take, how you would travel and where you would stay, using some of the Chinese words. This is written in English and is not auto-marked.

• Name a place you would travel to
• Say how you would get there, with the Chinese transport word
• Say where you would stay, such as a single or double room
• Write one full Chinese sentence with 我, for example 我去度假