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外籍买车票 （wài jí mǎi chē piào, Buying train tickets in China for expats）

我想去上海旅游，计划坐高铁，但是我不知道怎么买票。

wǒ xiǎng qù shàng hǎi lǚ yóu, jì huà zuò gāo tiě, dàn shì wǒ bù zhī dào zěn me mǎi piào

I want to travel to Shanghai by high-speed train, but I don't know how to buy a ticket.

很简单啊，在12306添加常用人信息，按护照信息填写全名。填写完毕后，拿着护照去高铁站人工售票处验证，验证成功就可以线上买票了。

hěn jiǎn dān a, zài 12306 tiān jiā cháng yòng rén xìn xī, àn hù zhào xìn xī tián xiě quán míng. tián xiě wán bì hòu, ná zhe hù zhào qù gāo tiě zhàn rén gōng shòu piào chù yàn zhèng, yàn zhèng chéng gōng jiù kě yǐ xiàn shàng mǎi piào le.

It's very simple. Add the user information in 12306 and fill in your full name following your passport number. After filling in the information, take the passport to the ticket office of the high-speed railway station for verification. When the verification is complete, you'll be able to buy tickets online.

Useful phrases

旅游 lǚ yóu, travel

计划 jì huà, plan

坐 zuò, sit/ride

高铁 gāo tiě, high-speed train

但是 dàn shì, but

怎么 zěn me, what/how come

买票 mǎi piào, buy a ticket

简单 jiǎn dān, simple/easy

添加 tiān jiā, add

常用人 cháng yòng rén, frequent contacts

信息 xìn xī, information

按 àn, follow/according to

护照 hù zhào, passport

填写 tián xiě, fill in

全名 quán míng, full name

完毕 wán bì, over/finish

高铁站 gāo tiě zhàn, the high-speed rail station

人工 rén gōng, manual/artificial

售票处 shòu piào chù, ticket office

验证 yàn zhèng, verify/verification

成功 chéng gōng, success

线上 xiàn shàng, online

买票 mǎi piào, buy a ticket