朋友
Ticket checking has started. Let's go and line up.
Beginner · 10-12 min
Find the Platform After the Ticket Check检票后寻找站台
After this scene, you can join the ticket-checking queue, follow gate instructions for the passport linked to your ticket, use a staffed channel when the gate cannot read it, follow the route to the platform, confirm the platform and train number, and wait behind the platform safety line.
Learning
Scene setup
Ticket checking has started for your train. Whether a passport can be used at a self-service gate depends on the document and the station equipment. At this station, the gate cannot read your passport, so you use the staffed channel while your Chinese friend uses the self-service gate beside it. After meeting again inside, read the platform on the station display and follow the signs and escalator. Before waiting, confirm the platform side, train number, departure time, and destination.
Real-life note
This scene begins when ticket checking opens and ends after you reach the correct platform. A passport may work at an automatic gate or require a staffed channel, depending on the document and station equipment; in this scene, the gate cannot read it. This check provides platform access and is separate from the earlier station-entry security check. After the gate, read the station display, follow the physical signs, and confirm the train number, departure time, and destination before waiting behind the safety line.
Core dialogue
你
Should I still use the staffed channel?
朋友
Yes. The self-service gates here cannot read your passport. Use the staffed channel, and I'll use the self-service gate beside it.
工作人员
Hello. Please show your passport.
你
Okay. Here you are.
工作人员
All set. Keep your passport with you and go in through here.
朋友
I'm through too. The station display shows Platform 6.
你
The sign ahead says Platforms 6 and 7. Do we go down from here?
朋友
Yes. Follow the signs and take the escalator downstairs.
你
Platform 6 is on the left and Platform 7 is on the right, correct?
朋友
Yes. Check the train number, departure time, and destination once more.
你
Train G1234, departing for Shanghai at nine twenty. That's correct; this is the place.
朋友
Then wait here and don't go past the safety line.
你
Okay. We've finally reached the platform.
Key phrases
Pick a phrase and see what it means here, and how to reuse it.
Phrase Card
Phrase 1 of 7
jiǎn检piào票
check a passenger's ticket before platform access
From the dialogue
朋友:开始检票了，我们去排队吧。
Ticket checking has started. Let's go and line up.
Use it here
检票 is the boarding-access step where the railway verifies the ticket and the passenger's identity document before allowing passage toward the platform.
Say it another way
- kāi开shǐ始jiǎn检piào票le了
ticket checking has started
- pái排duì队jiǎn检piào票
queue for ticket checking
- jiǎn检wán完piào票le了
ticket checking is complete
Patterns
Pick a pattern and see how it helps you say new things in the same scene.
Pattern Card
Pattern 1 of 3
Subject + 还是 + Action + 吗？
Ask whether you should continue using the same option or method as before.
主语还是原来的做法吗？
主语 = the person whose choice is being confirmed
原来的做法 = the route, document, or method already used
From dialogue
- wǒ我hái还shi是zǒu走rén人gōng工tōng通dào道ma吗？
Should I still use the staffed channel?
Try also
- wǒ我hái还shi是yòng用hù护zhào照ma吗？
Should I still use my passport?
- wǒ我men们hái还shi是zài在zhè这lǐ里děng等ma吗？
Should we still wait here?
Common mistakes
Small fixes that make your Chinese sound natural.
1. Check which channel supports the document
Not natural
用护照一定要走人工通道。
Natural
先看闸机提示；不能识读护照时走人工通道。
Why
Whether a passport works at a self-service gate depends on the document and station equipment. Follow the gate display or staff instructions.
2. Keep the gate and platform separate
Not natural
电子屏上显示的是六号检票口。
Natural
电子屏上显示的是六站台。
Why
The travelers have already passed the 检票口. They are now looking for the numbered 站台 beside the track.
3. Confirm more than the platform number
Not natural
六站台没错，不用看车次。
Natural
六站台没错，再核对一下车次、时间和目的地。
Why
After reaching the platform, check the train number, departure time, and destination as well as the platform number.
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