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上车 (shàng chē) — to get on or into a vehicle (car, train, bus, etc.)

Definition

A separable verb meaning 'to get on/into a vehicle'. Split it: object goes between 上 and 车 (e.g. 上了车); place/time phrases go after 车.

verb
to get on or into a vehicle (car, train, bus, etc.)

Examples

  • 上车。
    Wǒ men xiàn zài shàng chē ba.
    Let's get on the car now.
  • 。
    Wǒ shàng le yí liàng chē.
    I got into a car.
  • 上车。
    Tā hái méi shàng chē.
    He hasn't gotten on yet.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

上shàngget on
车chēvehicle

上 says getting on, and 车 names the vehicle.

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An abstract idea shown by a mark or a diagram rather than by a picture of an object.

上 is drawn as a short horizontal line placed above a longer arc, marking a position above that arc.

Open 上 →

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 車; 车 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 車 was drawn as a carriage seen from above, with wheels on both sides and a shaft at the front; the simplified 车 is a later shorthand.

Open 车 →
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