Useful airport Chinese

Even though airports are usually international in nature and offer information in English, being able to navigate your way through an airport in Chinese-speaking areas is still very useful.

虽然本质上而言机场通常是国际性质的，有提供英文信息，不过学会在中文语言区的机场里找到自己的路线还是很实用的。

This post deals with useful sentences for going to the airport. You can also find more general travel vocabulary here.

本文涉及到达机场的相关实用句子表达，你也可以在这里找到更多旅游的通用词汇。

Getting to the airport

去机场

There are many ways of getting to the airport, and here are some common modes of transport:

有很多种方式可以到机场，这里是一些常见的交通方式：

When telling the driver the destination or when checking the bus or train timetable, make sure you go to the right terminal, 航站楼(hángzhànlóu). In Chinese, you put the number of the terminal before the word "terminal", so terminal three is: 三号航站楼(sānhào hángzhàn). Here's an example of what you can say:

当你想告知司机目的地或查询大巴或者快轨的时间表的话，要确保你抵达的是正确的航站楼。中文里，你要在"航站楼"前面加上号数，如"terminal three"就是"三号航站楼"。你可以用如下表达：

我想去三号航站楼。

I want to go to the airport, terminal 3.

wǒ xiǎng qù sān hào hángzhànlóu.

At the airport

在机场

Once you get to the airport you need to check-in, go through the security check, find your gate and board the plane. Here are some useful phrases:

抵达机场后你需要办理登机手续，通过_安检，然后找到你的登机口再登上飞机。看看下面一些实用表达：

请问一下，国航办理登机手续的柜台在哪儿？

Excuse me, where is the check-in desk for Air China?

qǐngwèn yīxià, Guóháng bànlǐ dēngjīshǒuxù de guìtái zài nǎr？

麻烦出示一下护照。

Can I see your passport please?

máfan chūshì yíxià hùzhào 。

很抱歉，你的托运行李超重。

We're sorry, but your check-in luggage is overweight.

hěn bàoqiàn, nǐde tuōyùn xínglǐ chāozhòng.

请确认你的行李中没有违禁物品。

Make sure there are no prohibited items in your bag.

qǐng quèrèn nǐde xínglizhōng méiyǒu wéijìn wùpǐn.

可以麻烦您帮我一下吗，我找不到我的登机口。

Excuse me, I can't find my gate. Can you help me?

kěyǐ máfan nín bāng wǒ yíxià ma, wǒ zhǎobudào wǒde dēngjīkǒu.

登机口将在起飞前30分钟关闭。

The gate will be closed 30 minutes before departure.

dēngjīkǒu jiāng zài qǐfēi qián 30 fēnzhōng guānbì.

English mixed with Chinese

英汉混用

Even though there are Chinese words that cover all kinds of airport vocabulary, it's important to know that the Chinese don't necessarily use them. For instance, the word "check-in" is very common in China. This is much more common than the 办理登机_手续 included in the sentence above. The same is true for "terminal", which is more often called just "T" followed by the number of the terminal. Thus, the first example sentence is more likely to be said as 我想去T3.

虽然中文字词涵盖了各种机场相关词汇，不过中国人不一定会使用它们，知道这一点很重要。例如，英文的"check-in"在中国很常见，甚至比上面说到的"办理登机手续"这个表达还常见。对于"terminal"这个词也是同样情况，经常被说成"T"，然后加上号数。所以，第一个例句很可能会表达成"我想去T3"。