(kǎ chē) - lorry, truck in Mandarin

kǎchē

Traditional: 卡車

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Translation

lorry, truck

Word origin

A compound where 卡 (kǎ) transliterates the English word car and 车 (chē) means vehicle, giving the sense of a heavy goods vehicle.

Origin: compound
Root: 卡 (kǎ, phonetic from English car) + 车 (chē, vehicle)

Stroke order

卡

车

Examples

辆liàng。

A big lorry is parked by the roadside.

。

The truck is loaded with fruit.

货huò。

He has driven a lorry delivering goods for ten years.

窄zhǎi，。

This road is too narrow for the truck to get through.

。

The work of a lorry driver is very hard.

卡车 (kǎ chē) means a lorry or truck. It refers to a heavy goods vehicle, distinguished from 汽车 (car) and 公车 (bus).

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This word is part of lesson 38.