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开车
開車
kāichē
1. to drive a car
Very Common • Top 2%

Character Breakdown

开
kāi
to open; to start, to initiate, to begin
HSK 1 4 丶
车
chē
cart, vehicle; to move in a cart
HSK 1 4 丶

Compound Words (1)

开车人
kāichērén
driver

Example Sentences (4)

看见了，他去学开车了。
Kàn jiàn le, tā qù xué kāi chē le.
He saw it, he went to learn to drive.
Text 2
坐公共汽车太慢了，你怎么不开车？
zuò gōnggòng qìchē tài màn le, nǐ zěnme bù kāi chē?
Taking the bus is too slow. Why don't you drive?
Text 3
开车也不快，路上车太多了！
Kāi chē yě bù kuài, lù shang chē tài duō le!
Driving isn’t fast either; there are too many cars on the road!
Text 3
他是和朋友一起开车来的。
Tā shì hé péngyou yìqǐ kāichē lái de.
He came by car with friends.
Text 2

Metadata

Category
Chinese
Word Frequency Rank
1,529 of 84,292