车 (chē) — car; vehicle
Definition
Basic everyday word for 'car, vehicle.' More general than 汽车 (motor vehicle) and used in everyday speech and compounds like 火车 (train) and 自行车 (bicycle).
noun
carvehicle
Measure word · 辆
Examples
- 。Wǒ kāi chē qù gōng sī.I drive a car to the company.
- 车？Nǐ zuò chē qù gōng yuán ma?Do you take a car to the park?
- 车。Wǒ xiǎng mǎi chē.I want to buy a car.
Origin
Pictograph六书liùshū
象形xiàngxíngA 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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