公共汽车
Meaning
- bus
Measure word
辆 liàng or 班 bān
Example sentence
哪里坐公共汽车？
Where can I take the public bus?
Characters in 公共汽车
- 公 gōng public; shared, common
- 共 gòng common
- 汽 qì steam, vapour
- 车 chē car
公共 public, from 公 public and 共 shared, plus 汽车 motor car. The whole phrase is a public shared car — a bus.