(qì chē) - car, motor car, automobile in Mandarin
qìchēTraditional: 汽車
Translation
car, motor car, automobile
Word origin
A compound of 汽 (qì, steam, vapour, with the water radical 氵) and 车 (chē, vehicle, a pictograph of a cart), coined to name the steam-then-petrol powered vehicle.
- Origin
- compound
- Root
- 汽 (qì, steam) + 车 (chē, vehicle)
Stroke order
汽
车
Examples
辆。
He bought a new car.
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There are a lot of cars on this road.
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We are going to the airport by car.
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This company specialises in manufacturing cars.
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The car broke down, so he had to walk.
汽车 (qì chē) means car or automobile, literally a steam vehicle from the era of its coinage. The standard measure word is 辆.
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