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倒车

dào chē

2-character word Traditional 倒車

What 倒车 means

1. to reverse (a vehicle)
2. to drive backwards

Other readings

倒车 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• dǎo chēto change buses, trains etc

The characters in 倒车

• 倒dǎoto fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally; to fail; to go bankrupt; to overthrow
• 车chēcar; vehicle; machine

Example sentences

• 她倒车进车库。
  Tā dǎochē jìn chēkù.
  She backed her car into the garage.
• 他倒车入车库。
  Tā dǎochē rù chēkù.
  He backed his car into the garage.
• 倒车前先看后视镜。
  Look in the rear-view mirror before backing up.
• “你鼻子怎么了？”“我刚才倒车的时候，想探头出窗看清楚后面有没有人。我以为车窗是开着的，谁知原来是关上了，于是就一头撞到车窗上了。”
  “ nǐ bízi zěnmele?”“ wǒ gāngcái dǎochē de shíhou, xiǎng tàntóu chū chuāng kànqīng chǔ hòumiàn yǒuméiyǒu rén. wǒ yǐwéi chēchuāng shì kāi zhe de, shéizhī yuánlái shì guānshàng le, yúshì jiù yītóu zhuàng dào chēchuāng shàng le.”
  "What happened to your nose?" "When I was backing my car up I went to check behind me, convinced that the car window was open, and bashed my face into it!"
• 「你鼻子怎么了？」「我刚才倒车的时候，想探头出窗看清楚后面有没有人。我以为车窗是开着的，谁知原来是关上了，于是就一头撞到车窗上了。」
  "What happened to your nose?" "When I was backing my car up I went to check behind me, convinced that the car window was open, and bashed my face into it!"

Words starting with 倒车

• 倒车挡dào chē dǎngreverse gear

Words containing 倒车

• 开倒车kāi dào chēto drive in reverse; fig. to take a backward step; retrogressive