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马车 (mǎ chē) — horse-drawn carriage or cart

Definition

noun
horse-drawn carriage or cart
Measure word · 辆

Examples

  • 马车。
    Gǔ dài rén chū xíng zhǔ yào kào mǎ chē.
    In ancient times, people mainly relied on horse-drawn carriages for travel.
  • 马车。
    Zhè liàng mǎ chē zhuāng shì dé fēi cháng huá lì.
    This carriage is decorated very ornately.
  • 马车。
    Nóng mín yòng mǎ chē bǎ liáng shi yùn dào jí shì.
    Farmers use horse-drawn carts to transport grain to the market.

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.

马mǎhorse
车chēvehicle

'马' indicates the animal drawing the '车', meaning horse-drawn carriage.

Characters in this word

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 馬; 马 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 馬 shows a horse with its head facing left, a flowing mane, and two legs standing vertically.

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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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