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看 图 学 中 文 (3) Kàn tú xué zhōng wén san Travel by train 火车旅行 青 竹 Learning Chinese and culture through street signs (3) This is a sign seen in a train station in China. Chinese Pin Yin English 售 shòu sell 票 piào ticket 处 chù place 售 票 处 shòu piào chù ticket office 进 jìn enter 站 zhàn station 口 kǒu mouth 进 站 口 jìn zhàn kǒu entrance 软席候车室 is a designated waiting room in a train station for those who have soft seat tickets. It is separated from 候车室, the main waiting room in a station. Chinese Pin Yin English 软席 ruǎn xí soft seat 候车室 hòu chē shì waiting room 软席候车室 ruǎn xí hòu chē shì soft-seat waiting room Note: The so called 软席 or soft seat is a word contrast to 硬座(yìng zuò) or hard seat. The difference between the two is comparable to that of, for example, first and economy seating on many international flights or first and second class seats on trains in Western Europe. On trains in China, a soft seat is more spacious and comfortable than a hard seat. Accordingly, a soft seat ticket costs more than a hard seat ticket. This is a temporary luggage storage service provided in a train station. You can see this sign in many major train stations in China. Chinese Pin Yin English 行 李 xíng li luggage 寄 存 处 jì cún chù temporary storage place 售票大厅 is one of the many possible ways to indicate a ticket office. The word 大厅 in 售票大厅 literally means big lobby. Chinese Pin Yin English 售 票 大 厅 shòu piào dà tīng ticket hall 退 票 处 tuì piào chù ticket refund office 当 天 票 dàng tiān piào ticket for today 应 急 售 票 yìng jí shòu piào emergency ticket office Note： We have seen different words used after 售票 for ticket office, such as 处 (chù, place), 亭 (tíng, pavilion) and 厅 (tīng, lobby/hall). Which word to use after 售票 depends on the physical size of ticket office, and it is not yet standardized. For all of these places, the key word is 售票. This is a ticket office for train, airplane and coach. It is located on a downto