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(chē) - car, vehicle in Mandarin

chē

Traditional: 車

Line drawing of 车
Coloured illustration of 车
HSK 2
#399 of 5,000 Core 1000

Translation

car, vehicle

Word origin

The simplified 车 derives from an ancient pictograph of a chariot seen from above, showing the wheels and axle. It means a vehicle or car.

Origin
pictograph
Root
a chariot seen from above

Stroke order

Stroke order for 车

Examples

liàng

He has a new car.

gòng

The bus has come.

I go to school by vehicle.

There are too many cars on this street.

xiū

He is repairing the car.

车 (chē) - car, vehicle.

Appears in 8 words

Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 车.

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This word is part of lesson 8.