“Train” in Japanese, Chinese and 18 more languages
In Japanese, “train” is 電車 (densha). In Chinese it is 火车 (huǒ chē).
Japanese
電車
でんしゃ · densha
電車が来ます。
The train is coming.
Chinese (Simplified)
火车
huǒ chē
火车来了。
The train is coming.
Chinese counts it with the measure word 列: 一列火车 means “one train”.
“Train” 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 | 電車 でんしゃ · densha | 電車が来ます。 |
| English | train /treɪn/ | The train is coming. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 火车 huǒ chē | 火车来了。 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 火車 huǒ chē | 火車來了。 |
| Korean | 기차 | 기차가 와요. |
| Spanish | tren | El tren está llegando. |
| French | train | Le train arrive. |
| German | Zug | Der Zug kommt. |
| Italian | treno | Il treno sta arrivando. |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | trem | O trem está chegando. |
| Russian | поезд | Поезд подходит. |
| Arabic | قطار | القطار قادم. |
| Hindi | ट्रेन | ट्रेन आ रही है। |
| Indonesian | kereta | Keretanya datang. |
| Vietnamese | tàu hỏa | Tàu hỏa đang đến. |
| Thai | รถไฟ | รถไฟกำลังมา |
| Turkish | tren | Tren geliyor. |
| Dutch | trein | De trein komt eraan. |
| Swedish | tåg | Tåget kommer. |
| Polish | pociąg | Nadjeżdża pociąg. |