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乘客

chéng kè

HSK 3.0 level 4 2-character word

乘客 (chéng kè) means "passenger". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 乘客 means

1. passenger

The characters in 乘客

• 乘chéngto ride; to mount; to make use of
• 客kècustomer; visitor; guest; classifier for servings or portions (when ordering food)

Example sentences

• 火车里挤满了乘客。
  The train was full of passengers.
• 乘客全都登上了船。
  The passengers all went aboard the ship.
• 万幸，没乘客受伤。
  Fortunately, no passengers were injured.
• 不下50个乘客死了。
  No fewer than 50 passengers were killed.
• 飞机上有50名乘客。
  There were fifty passengers on the plane.
• 船长要为乘客安全负责。
  Chuánzhǎng yào wèi chéngkè ānquán fùzé.
  The captain is responsible for the safety of passengers.

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• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read chéng kè correctly.
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