Chinese word

单程

Pronunciation

Pinyindān chéng

Meaning

  • nounone-way

Example

你要单程还是往返？nǐ yào dān chéng hái shì wáng fǎn

Do you want a one-way or round-trip ticket?

Illustration for 单程 (one-way)

More examples

我买了单程机票去上海。wǒ mǎi le dān chéng jī piào qù shàng hǎi

I bought a one-way airline ticket to Shanghai.

Core concept

A single stretch of travel along a route, treated as a trip or ticket without the trip back.

Common phrases

  • 单程票dān chéng piào

    one-way ticket

  • 单程机票dān chéng jī piào

    one-way airline ticket

Similar words

往返wáng fǎn: A journey that includes travel to a place and a trip back.
单程票dān chéng piào: A ticket for travel from one place to another without a return trip.
回程huí chéng: The journey or travel section taken when returning to the original place.

Definition in Chinese

表示从某地到另一地仅行一趟且不返回的行程或相应票种，常见于交通场景。biǎo shì cóng mǒu dì dào lìng yí dì jǐn xíng yí tàng qiě bù fǎn huí de xíng chéng huò xiāng yìng piào zhǒng cháng jiàn yú jiāo tōng cháng jǐng

Word origin

单 (dān, "single") marks one part or occurrence, while 程 (chéng, "journey") supplies the travel sense, giving the compound its no-return meaning.

Usage tips

  • Chinese commonly uses this noun in a choice between travel options, while English often makes the object explicit by saying a one-way ticket or a one-way trip.

Other meanings

  • one-way ticketnoun

Opposites

Related words

  • 单程票dān chéng piàoone-way ticketnoun
  • 单程机票dān chéng jī piàoone-way airline ticketnoun
  • 单程票价dān chéng piào jiàone-way farenoun

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