车
Meaning
- car
- vehicle
- machine
Measure word
辆 liàng
Example sentence
叫救护车。
Call an ambulance.
The character 车
车 is a cart seen from above: the box in the middle, the axle running through it, a wheel at each end. Any vehicle now — 火车, 汽车, 车站 — and 上车 and 下车 are how you board and leave every one of them.
Words containing 车
- 车票 chē piào ticket (for a bus or train)
- 车上 chē shàng on the vehicle
- 车站 chē zhàn rail station
- 打车 dǎ chē to take a taxi (in town)
- 火车 huǒ chē train
- 开车 kāi chē to drive a car (or train etc)
- 汽车 qì chē car
- 上车 shàng chē to get on or into (a bus, train, car etc)
- 下车 xià chē to get off or out of (a bus, train, car etc)
- 车辆 chē liàng vehicle
- 出租车 chū zū chē taxi
- 公共汽车 gōng gòng qì chē bus
- 公交车 gōng jiāo chē public transport vehicle
- 骑车 qí chē to ride a bike (motorbike or bicycle)
- 停车 tíng chē to pull up (stop one's vehicle)
- 停车场 tíng chē chǎng parking lot
- 自行车 zì xíng chē bicycle; bike
- 倒车 dǎo chē to change buses, trains etc
- 电动车 diàn dòng chē electric vehicle (commonly refers to e-bikes, scooters or electric cars)
- 堵车 dǔ chē traffic jam
- 列车 liè chē (railway) train