The Chinese word for train is
火车

huǒ chē

Chinese Definition

train
1. 名词. 火車
2. 动词. 訓練
Components
火
1. fire; flame
可以跟你借一個火嗎？ - Can I borrow a light?
2. fire (as a disaster); inferno
3. red; fiery; bright; brilliant
4. to burn down
5. light; torch
6. (dialectal) light; lamp
7. anger; rage; wrath
8. to become enraged
9. angry; furious
10. (TCM) internal heat
11. firearm; ammunition; weapon
12. war; warfare
13. thriving; brisk
14. urgent; pressing
15. (neologism) to become popular; to go viral
16. (neologism) to be popular; to be viral
17. (Cantonese) watt (unit of power)
※(Definitely, "火" here is a unit of brightness (luminous intensity). However, the brightness of a luminous device is measured in watts in life because of luminous intensity's dependence on powe
20 火嘅燈膽 - 20-watt lightbulb
18. Short for 火星, Mars
19. (Cantonese) roasted
Synonyms: 烤, 燒
火鴨 - roasted duck
车
1. Variant of 車
2. Variant of 卓

火車
1. n. train
城際火車 - intercity train
他差chà點沒趕上火車。 - He nearly missed the train.
我坐火車去上海。 - I am going to Shanghai by train.
火車三點開，你現在去還來得de及。 - The train leaves at three. You can still make it if you go now.
2. n. (historical) combat chariot carrying equipment for attack by fire
3. n. (Buddhism) fiery chariot that sends a sinner to hell
4. usage. 火車／火车 refers to the train itself and to the mode of transportation, so it is used in terms related to the railway. 火車／火车 in the previous term.
5. usage. Sometimes high-speed trains (高鐵／高铁) are excluded when referring 火車／火车 only.

火车
1. Simplified form of 火車

列車
1. n. train
旅客列車 - passenger train
2. usage. 列車／列车 is sometimes used instead of 火車 in the following terms:
3. usage. *:火車票 - train ticket
4. usage. *:火車站 - train station
5. usage. *:坐火車 - to travel by train