“Bus” in Japanese, Chinese and 18 more languages
In Japanese, “bus” is バス (basu). In Chinese it is 公交车 (gōng jiāo chē).
Japanese
バス
basu
バスはここに止まります。
The bus stops here.
Chinese (Simplified)
公交车
gōng jiāo chē
公交车在这里停。
The bus stops here.
Chinese counts it with the measure word 辆: 一辆公交车 means “one bus”.
“Bus” in 20 languages
The word and an example sentence in each language. The speaker buttons read them aloud with your browser’s voice.
| Language | Word | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | バス basu | バスはここに止まります。 |
| English | bus /bʌs/ | The bus stops here. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 公交车 gōng jiāo chē | 公交车在这里停。 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 公車 gōng chē | 公車在這裡停。 |
| Korean | 버스 | 버스가 여기에 서요. |
| Spanish | autobús | El autobús para aquí. |
| French | bus | Le bus s'arrête ici. |
| German | Bus | Der Bus hält hier. |
| Italian | autobus | L'autobus si ferma qui. |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | ônibus | O ônibus para aqui. |
| Russian | автобус | Автобус останавливается здесь. |
| Arabic | حافلة | تتوقف الحافلة هنا. |
| Hindi | बस | बस यहाँ रुकती है। |
| Indonesian | bus | Bus berhenti di sini. |
| Vietnamese | xe buýt | Xe buýt dừng ở đây. |
| Thai | รถเมล์ | รถเมล์จอดที่นี่ |
| Turkish | otobüs | Otobüs burada durur. |
| Dutch | bus | De bus stopt hier. |
| Swedish | buss | Bussen stannar här. |
| Polish | autobus | Autobus zatrzymuje się tutaj. |