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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)

慢车
mànchē
local bus or train
洋车
yángchē
rickshaw
专车
zhuānchē
special (or reserved) train (or bus etc)
快车
kuàichē
express (train, bus etc)
柴车
cháichē
simple and crude cart (or chariot)
泊车
bóchē
to park (a vehicle) (loanword)
天车
tiānchē
gantry traveling crane
客车
kèchē
coach
座车
zuòchē
(railway) carriage
彩车
cǎichē
float (in a parade)
押车
yāchē
to escort (goods) during transportation
板车
bǎnchē
handcart
槽车
cáochē
tanker (truck)
汽车
qìchē
car
坐车
zuòchē
to take the car, bus, train etc
压车
yāchē
variant of [[押車|押车<yāchē>]]
套车
tàochē
to harness (a horse to a cart)
守车
shǒuchē
guard's van (on train)
单车
dānchē
(coll.) bicycle
小车
xiǎochē
small model car

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!
Text 3

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

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