What Chinese do you need on the Taipei MRT?

Expect to hear 有,坐到底就到了。 (yǒu, zuò dào dǐ jiù dào le, "Yes, ride it to the end"), 要在這裡轉車。 (yào zài zhèlǐ zhuǎnchē, "You need to change here"), 這裡不能吃東西喔。 (zhèlǐ bù néng chī dōngxi o, "You can't eat in here, OK?"). Useful things to say: 請問,這班車有到台北車站嗎? (qǐngwèn, zhè bān chē yǒu dào Táiběi Chēzhàn ma, "Excuse me, does this train go to Taipei Main Station?") and 捷運站在哪裡? (jiéyùn zhàn zài nǎlǐ, "Where is the MRT station?").

The whole conversation: Airport MRT and the Taipei MRT

The purple line runs from the airport to Taipei Main Station. From there you change onto the city metro.

  1. You say
    請問,這班車有到台北車站嗎? qǐngwèn, zhè bān chē yǒu dào Táiběi Chēzhàn ma Excuse me, does this train go to Taipei Main Station?
  2. You hear
    有,坐到底就到了。 yǒu, zuò dào dǐ jiù dào le Yes, ride it to the end.
  3. You say
    捷運站在哪裡? jiéyùn zhàn zài nǎlǐ Where is the MRT station?

    Taipei's metro is the 捷運. You will rarely hear 地鐵 here.

  4. You hear
    要在這裡轉車。 yào zài zhèlǐ zhuǎnchē You need to change here.
  5. You say
    往淡水是哪一邊? wǎng Dànshuǐ shì nǎ yì biān Which side for Tamsui?

    Platforms are signed by the last station on the line: 往淡水 means "towards Tamsui".

  6. You hear
    這裡不能吃東西喔。 zhèlǐ bù néng chī dōngxi o You can't eat in here, OK?

    No eating, drinking or chewing gum past the ticket gates. The fines are real.

  7. You hear
    那是博愛座。 nà shì bó'ài zuò That's a priority seat.

    The dark blue seats. People leave them empty even on a packed train.

  8. You say
    下一站是哪裡? xià yí zhàn shì nǎlǐ What's the next stop?
Is this what people really say here?

Questions about this scene

What Chinese do you need on the Taipei MRT?

Expect to hear 有,坐到底就到了。 (yǒu, zuò dào dǐ jiù dào le, "Yes, ride it to the end"), 要在這裡轉車。 (yào zài zhèlǐ zhuǎnchē, "You need to change here"), 這裡不能吃東西喔。 (zhèlǐ bù néng chī dōngxi o, "You can't eat in here, OK?"). Useful things to say: 請問,這班車有到台北車站嗎? (qǐngwèn, zhè bān chē yǒu dào Táiběi Chēzhàn ma, "Excuse me, does this train go to Taipei Main Station?") and 捷運站在哪裡? (jiéyùn zhàn zài nǎlǐ, "Where is the MRT station?").