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二手车 (èr shǒu chē) — second-hand car; used car

Definition

noun
second-hand carused car
Measure word · 辆

Examples

  • 二手车。
    Wǒ mǎi le yí liàng èr shǒu chē.
    I bought a used car.
  • 二手车。
    Zhè liàng èr shǒu chē de jià gé hěn pián yi.
    The price of this used car is very cheap.
  • 二手车。
    Tā kāi èr shǒu chē qù shàng bān.
    He drives a used car to work.

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.

二手second-hand
二èrsecond手shǒuhand
偏正Modifier + head
车chēvehicle

二手 (second hand) and 车 (vehicle) together mean a used car.

Characters in this word

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

二 is drawn as two parallel strokes, where the number of strokes shows the amount.

Open 二 →

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

手 draws a five-fingered human hand: the top line is a bent middle finger, and the horizontal lines show the other four fingers.

Open 手 →

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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