牛车 (niú chē) — ox cart, bullock cart

Definition

noun
ox cartbullock cart
Measure word · 辆

Examples

  • 牛车。
    Nóng mín yòng niú chē yùn sòng liáng shi.
    Farmers use ox carts to transport grain.
  • 牛车。
    Tā zài niú chē shàng fàng le hěn duō dào cǎo.
    He put a lot of straw on the ox cart.
  • 牛车。
    Nà liàng niú chē màn màn dì zài shān lù shang zǒu.
    That ox cart slowly moved along the mountain path.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

牛niúox
车chēcart

牛 names the ox, and 车 names the cart pulled by it.

Characters in this word

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

牛 is drawn as a bull's head, with two horns and two ears.

Open 牛 →

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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