chē piào
ticket
我需要一张去北京的火车票。
wǒ xūyào yī zhāng qù běijīng de huǒchē piào.
I need a train ticket to Beijing.
这张车票多少钱？
zhè zhāng chē piào duōshǎo qián?
How much is this ticket?
请给我一张到上海的车票。
qǐng gěi wǒ yī zhāng dào shànghǎi de chē piào.
Please give me a ticket to Shanghai.
火车票 (huǒchēpiào)
train ticket
汽车票 (qìchēpiào)
bus ticket
飞机票 (fēijīpiào)
plane ticket
免费 (miǎnfèi)
free
步行 (bùxíng)
walk
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The Chinese word 车票 (chēpiào) for "ticket" is composed of two characters: 车 (chē) and 票 (piào). The character 车 originally meant "vehicle" or "cart", and it has been used in Chinese writing for thousands of years. The character 票 originally meant "a tally" or "a token", and it was often used as a form of currency in ancient China. Over time, the character 票 came to be used more broadly to refer to any kind of ticket or voucher.The combination of the characters 车 and 票 in the word 车票 creates a compound word that specifically refers to a "ticket for a vehicle". This word is commonly used in Chinese to refer to tickets for buses, trains, airplanes, and other forms of transportation.
