HSK 3.0 · LEVEL 1
车票
A ticket for a vehicle (bus, train, etc.)
Free Chinese vocabulary flashcard · HSK 1
Why does 车票 look like this?
This is a compound word: '车' (chē) means 'vehicle/car' and '票' (piào) means 'ticket'. Together, they literally mean a 'vehicle ticket'. - '车' represents a cart seen from above. - '票' originally depicted fire under a cover, now meaning a slip of paper or ticket.