卡车
kǎchēTraditional: 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。
A big lorry is parked by the roadside.
。
The truck is loaded with fruit.
货。
He has driven a lorry delivering goods for ten years.
窄，。
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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