Definition
辆 is a classifier (measure word) used specifically for vehicles — including cars, bicycles, motorcycles, buses, and trucks. You must always place it between a number/demonstrative and the vehicle noun: 一辆车 (one car), 那辆车 (that car).
classifier
used for vehicles
Easily confused
- 俩liǎlook-aliketwo (colloquial, equivalent to 两个)
- 两liǎngsound-alike(numeral) two (used before measure words and units of time)
- 两liǎnglook-aliketwo (used before measure words or nouns that indicate quantity)
- 亮liàngsound-alikebright; light (in color or illumination)
- 量liàngsound-aliketo measure
- 量liàngsound-alikequantity, amount
- 凉liángsound-alikecool, cold
- 良liángsound-alike(adv, literary) very; used in set phrases before certain adjectives (多, 久, 苦, etc.)
- 晾liàngsound-aliketo dry (clothes, etc.) in the air
Examples
- 辆。Lù shang yǒu liǎng liàng qìchē.There are two cars on the road.
- 辆。Wǒ xiǎng mǎi yì liàng zìxíngchē.I want to buy a bicycle.
- 辆。Nà liàng mótuōchē shì tā de.That motorcycle is his.
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