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车
車
chē
1. car
2. vehicle
3. CL:[[輛|辆<liàng>]]
4. machine
5. to shape with a lathe
Very Common • Top 0% ✏️ 7 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

车
chē
cart, vehicle; to move in a cart
HSK 1 4 丶

Compound Words (20)

上车
shàngchē
to get on or into (a bus, train, car etc)
下车
xiàchē
to get off or out of (a bus, train, car etc)
乘车
chéngchē
to ride (in a car or carriage)
余车
yúchē
emperor's carriage
便车
biànchē
to hitchhike
修车
xiūchē
to repair a bike (car etc)
倒车
dǎochē
to change buses, trains etc
倒车
dàochē
to reverse (a vehicle)
停车
tíngchē
to pull up (stop one's vehicle)
充车
chōngchē
to be transported to a distant place for penal servitude
公车
gōngchē
bus
出车
chūchē
to drive (people or goods to a destination)
列车
lièchē
(railway) train
HSK 5
刹车
shāchē
to brake (when driving)
HSK 6
加车
jiāchē
extra bus or train
劫车
jiéchē
to carjack
动车
dòngchē
power car
包车
bāochē
hired car
卡车
kǎchē
truck
HSK 5
叉车
chāchē
forklift truck

Example Sentences (1)

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!
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Alternate Entries

车
Chē
surname Che
车
jū
war chariot (archaic) / rook (in Chinese chess) / rook (in chess)

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
1
Character Frequency Rank
360
Word Frequency Rank
141 of 84,292
Radical Number
159