站 (zhàn): station, to stand, to halt
站 (zhàn) is a Chinese character meaning “station.” Classified as HSK Level 2 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 立 (semantic) and 占 (phonetic). It ranks #544 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 站 stand. Its radical form 立 (stand) appears in many related characters such as 立 (lì, to stand), 童 (tóng, child), 竞 (jìng, to compete).
Definitions
- station
- to stand
- to halt
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 站
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | HSK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 网站noun | wǎng zhàn | website | 3 |
| 车站noun | chē zhàn | rail station | 2 |
| 加油站noun | jiā yóu zhàn | gas station | 4 |
| 站台noun | zhàn tái | platform (at a railway station) | 5 |
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 站住verb | zhàn zhù | to come to a stop |
| 火车站noun | huǒ chē zhàn | train station |
| 中转站noun | zhōng zhuǎn zhàn | transit hub |
| 地铁站noun | dì tiě zhàn | subway station |
| 站立verb | zhàn lì | to stand |
| 站点noun | zhàn diǎn | a place set up to serve a specific function (train station, bus stop, toll plaza, bike rental station, meteorological... |
| 核电站noun | hé diàn zhàn | nuclear power plant |
| 空间站noun | kōng jiān zhàn | space station |
| 检查站noun | jiǎn chá zhàn | checkpoint |
| 汽车站noun | qì chē zhàn | bus stop |
| 终点站 | zhōng diǎn zhàn | terminus |
| 收费站noun | shōu fèi zhàn | tollbooth |
| 工作站noun | gōng zuò zhàn | (computer) workstation |
| 中继站 | zhōng jì zhàn | relay station |
| 站稳verb | zhàn wěn | to stand firm |
站 appears in 100 compound words: 19 as the first character, 75 as the last, and 6 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 站 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (6)
Example Sentences
地铁站离我家只有五分钟的路程，非常方便。
Dìtiě zhàn lí wǒ jiā zhǐyǒu wǔ fēnzhōng de lùchéng, fēicháng fāngbiàn.
The subway station is only five minutes away from my home, very convenient.
一马当先南京年|站台上演“暖心接力”,南京人合力护..
yī mǎ dāng xiān nán jīng nián zhàn tái shǎng yǎn nuǎn xīn jiē lì , nán jīng rén gě lì hù . .
A horse is the first Nanjing year | platform staged a "warm heart relay", Nanjing people work together to protect...
大年初一暖心事!流浪28年,盐城阜宁东站派出所助流..
dà nián chū yī nuǎn xīn shì ! liú làng nián , yán chéng 阜 nìng dōng zhàn pā chū suǒ zhù liú . .
The first day of the Lunar New Year! After 28 years of wandering, Yancheng Funing East Station Police Station helped...
守护万家灯火,90后山东小伙的萧山变电站除夕夜
shǒu hù mò jiā dēng huǒ , hòu shān dōng xiǎo huǒ de xiāo shān biàn diàn zhàn chú xī yè
Guarding the lights, 90 years after the Shandong boy's Xiaoshan substation New Year's Eve
视频丨空间站的年夜饭都有什么?听航天员报菜名收祝福
shì pín 丨 kōng jiān zhàn de nián yè fàn dū yǒu shén má ? yǐn háng tiān yuán bào cài míng shōu zhù fú
Video丨What's on the Space Station's New Year's Eve Menu? Astronauts Share Their Dishes and Receive Well-Wishes
...福迎新,就来凯德虹口商业中心,福气好物一站式..
. . . fú yíng xīn , jiù lái kǎi dé hóng kǒu shāng yè zhōng xīn , fú qì hǎo wù yī zhàn shì . .
Welcome the New Year with blessings—head to CapitaMall Hongkou for all your festive essentials in one place.
永定河山峡段4座梯级水电站累计发电破100亿千瓦时
yǒng dìng hé shān xiá duàn zuò tī jí shuǐ diàn zhàn lěi jì fā diàn pò yì qiān wǎ shí
Cumulative power generation from the four cascade hydropower stations along the mountainous section of the Yongding River surpasses 10 billion kilowatt-hours.
走着去火车站要多久？
Zǒu zhe qù huǒchēzhàn yào duōjiǔ?
How long does it take to walk to the station?
能否告诉我去车站的路怎么走？
Néngfǒu gàosu wǒqù chēzhàn de lù zěnme zǒu?
Could you tell me the way to the station?
不好意思，我想请问去车站怎么走？
Bù hǎoyìsi, wǒ xiǎng qǐngwèn qù chēzhàn zěnme zǒu?
I'm sorry to trouble you, but could you tell me the way to the station?
Character Family
立 Radical Family — Characters sharing the stand radical
Frequently Asked Questions
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