zhàn in a sentence

To stand (station - to stop)

Full dictionary entry HSK 3 27 sentences

站 (zhàn) means To stand (station - to stop). Below are 24 of the 27 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.

Dictionary examples

下一 是火车

Xià yí zhàn shì huǒchēzhàn.

The next stop is the train station.

Dictionary example · HSK 3 ·

请在这儿 一会儿。

Qǐng zài zhèr zhàn yíhuìr.

Please stand here for a moment.

Dictionary example · HSK 3 ·

去车 怎么走?

Qù chēzhàn zěnme zǒu?

How do I get to the station?

Dictionary example · HSK 1 · 怎么

我在火车 等你。

Wǒ zài huǒchēzhàn děng nǐ.

I'll wait for you at the train station.

Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 火车站

地铁 就在附近。

Dìtiě zhàn jiù zài fùjìn.

The subway station is right nearby.

Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 地铁

火车 离宾馆不远。

Huǒchēzhàn lí bīnguǎn bù yuǎn.

The train station is not far from the hotel.

Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 火车站

起来回答问题。

Tā zhàn qǐlai huídá wèntí.

He stood up to answer the question.

Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 起来

他突然 起来走了。

Tā tūrán zhàn qǐlai zǒu le.

He suddenly stood up and left.

Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 突然

去火车 的路我知道。

Qù huǒchēzhàn de lù wǒ zhīdào.

I know the way to the train station.

Dictionary example · HSK 2 ·

根据地图,前面就是火车

Gēnjù dìtú, qiánmiàn jiù shì huǒchēzhàn.

According to the map, the train station is just ahead.

Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 根据

From the graded readers

我早上七点到了火车

wǒ zǎoshang qī diǎn dàole huǒchēzhàn.

I got to the station at seven in the morning.

Graded reader · HSK 2 · The Train to Shanghai

那天早上,我陪她去车

nà / nèi tiān zǎoshang, wǒ péi tā qù chēzhàn.

That morning I went with her to the station.

Graded reader · HSK 4 · Saying Goodbye

里人很多,广播一直在响。

chēzhàn lǐ rén hěnduō, guǎngbō yìzhí zài xiǎng.

The station was crowded and the announcements kept coming.

Graded reader · HSK 4 · Saying Goodbye

在那里,觉得又熟悉又陌生。

wǒ zhàn zài nàli, juéde yòu shúxī yòu mòshēng.

I stood there feeling that it was both familiar and strange.

Graded reader · HSK 4 · Going Back Home

我跟他说了再见,然后走出了车

wǒ gēn tā shuōle zàijiàn, ránhòu zǒu chūle chēzhàn.

I said goodbye to him and walked out of the station.

Graded reader · HSK 2 · The Train to Shanghai

在路边喘气,觉得自己特别可笑。

wǒ zhàn zài lùbiān chuǎn qì, juéde zìjǐ tèbié kěxiào.

I stood by the road getting my breath back, feeling faintly ridiculous.

Graded reader · HSK 4 · Keeping Up Running

我们 在那里,忽然都不知道说什么好。

wǒmen zhàn zài nàli, hūrán dōu bùzhī dào shuō shénme hǎo / hào.

We stood there and suddenly neither of us knew what to say.

Graded reader · HSK 4 · Saying Goodbye

我走过去问他:“请问,火车 怎么走?”

wǒ zǒu guòqù wèn tā:" qǐngwèn, huǒchēzhàn zěnme zǒu?"

I went over and asked, "Excuse me, how do I get to the station?"

Graded reader · HSK 3 · Getting Lost

照片上有四个年轻人, 在一棵大树下面。

zhàopiàn shàng yǒu sì gè niánqīngrén, zhàn zài yī kē dàshù xiàmian.

There were four young people in it, standing under a big tree.

Graded reader · HSK 4 · An Old Photograph

里人非常多,我等了半个小时才买到票。

chēzhàn lǐ rén fēicháng duō, wǒ děng le / liǎo / liào bànge xiǎoshí cái mǎi dào piào.

The station was packed; I queued half an hour before I got a ticket.

Graded reader · HSK 2 · The Train to Shanghai

From the travel phrasebook

去火车

Qù huǒchēzhàn.

To the railway station.

Travel phrasebook · Taxis and ride-hailing

几号 台?

Jǐ hào zhàntái?

Which platform?

Travel phrasebook · High-speed rail and the metro

我坐过 了。

Wǒ zuò guò zhàn le.

I've missed my stop.

Travel phrasebook · High-speed rail and the metro

地铁 怎么走?

Dìtiě zhàn zěnme zǒu?

How do I get to the metro station?

Travel phrasebook · Airport and immigration

站 appears in 27 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.

Words that contain 站

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Questions about 站

How is 站 used in a sentence?

This page shows 27 sentences using 站 (zhàn, "To stand (station - to stop)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.

Are these sentences machine generated?

No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.

Why do some sentences show 站 inside a longer word?

Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 站 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.

Is 站 an HSK word?

Yes — 站 is on the official HSK 3 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 3 page.

Where can I see the full entry for 站?

The dictionary page for 站 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.

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