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回车 (huí chē) — (verb-object) to turn a vehicle around, to make a U-turn; (verb-object) to press the Enter/Return key

Definition

A verb-object phrase with two unrelated senses: to make a U-turn with a vehicle, and to press the Enter/Return key on a computer. The computer sense is far more common today.

verb
(verb-object) to turn a vehicle aroundto make a U-turn(verb-object) to press the Enter/Return key

Examples

  • ，。
    Tā kāi guò le lù kǒu, zhǐ hǎo zài qián miàn huí le liǎng cì chē.
    He missed the turn, so he had to make two U-turns up ahead.
  • 回车。
    Nǐ zài zhè ge kuàng lǐ shū rù wén zì rán hòu huí chē.
    You enter text in this field and then press Enter.
  • ，回车。
    Qián miàn de lù tài zhǎi, sī jī jué dìng huí chē.
    The road ahead is too narrow; the driver decided to turn around.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

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

回huíturn back
车chēvehicle

回 means 'turn back', 车 means 'vehicle', together 'turn a vehicle around'.

Characters in this word

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

回 comes from a drawing of a spiral, showing something turning around.

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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.

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Computers & InternetVehicles

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