拖车 (tuō chē) — (noun) tow truck; (noun) trailer, flatbed trailer, or hand-pulled cart
Definition
A vehicle used to pull or carry another — a tow truck for broken-down cars, or a trailer/flatbed pulled behind one. Note: 拖车 is the thing being pulled or doing the pulling; 拖 (tuō) alone just means 'to pull'.
noun
tow trucktrailerflatbed traileror hand-pulled cart
Measure word · 辆
Examples
- 拖车。Lù shang yǒu yí liàng tuō chē zài bāng huài diào de chē.There is a tow truck on the road helping a broken-down car.
- 拖车。Nà liàng kǎ chē hòu miàn tuō zhe yí liàng tuō chē.That truck is pulling a trailer behind it.
- 拖车。Tā lā zhe yí liàng tuō chē qù mǎi cài.He pulls a hand cart to go buy groceries.
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