用车 (yòng chē) — (noun) vehicle usage, car service (often in an organizational context)

Definition

用车 (yòngchē) is an organizational noun meaning the official use of a company car — a service or policy, not a vehicle. You'll see it in 用车制度, 用车申请, etc., in workplace settings.

noun
vehicle usagecar service (often in an organizational context)

Examples

  • 用车。
    Gōng sī de yòng chē zhì dù fēi cháng yán gé.
    The company's vehicle usage policy is very strict.
  • 用车。
    Nǐ xū yào tián xiě yòng chē shēn qǐng biǎo.
    You need to fill out a vehicle request form.
  • ，用车。
    Zhè cì chū chāi, yòng chē yóu xíng zhèng bù mén ān pái.
    For this business trip, vehicle usage is arranged by the administrative department.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

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

用yònguse
车chēvehicle

用 denotes use, and 车 denotes vehicle, pointing to vehicle use or car service.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

用 was formed by adding a handle to an earlier form.

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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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