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车

chē

HSK 1 Character Traditional 車 Measure word 辆

What 车 means

1. car
2. vehicle
3. machine
4. to shape with a lathe
5. Kangxi radical 159

Other readings

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

• jūwar chariot (archaic); rook (in Chinese chess); rook (in chess)
• Chēsurname Che

Example sentences

• 车！
  Car!
• 好车！
  Nice car!
• 请上车。
  Qǐng shàngchē.
  Please get into the car.
• 上车吧！
  Shàngchē ba!
  Climb abord!
• 他洗车。
  He washes the car.
• 别上车。
  Don't get in the car.

Words starting with 车

• 车厢chē xiāngcarriage
• 车库chē kùgarage
• 车子chē zicar or other vehicle (bicycle, truck etc)
• 车站chē zhànrail station; bus stop
• 车辆chē liàngvehicle
• 车门chē méncar door; door of bus, railway carriage etc
• 车票chē piàoticket (for a bus or train)
• 车间chē jiānworkshop
• 车窗chē chuāngcar window; window of a vehicle (bus, train etc)
• 车祸chē huòtraffic accident; car crash
• 车型chē xíngvehicle model (i.e. particular version of a car or motorcycle etc)
• 车队chē duìmotorcade; convoy; fleet of vehicles; racing team (esp. in motor sports or cycling)
• 车主chē zhǔvehicle owner
• 车轮chē lúnwheel
• 车身chē shēnthe body of a vehicle; (bicycle) frame
• 车道chē dàotraffic lane; driveway
• 车速chē sùvehicle speed
• 车费chē fèipassenger fare
• 车程chē chéngtravel time; expected time for a car journey
• 车牌chē páivehicle license plate
• 车手chē shǒuracing driver (in a car race); rider (in a motorcycle or bicycle race)…
• 车夫chē fūcart driver; coachman
• 车行chē hángcar-related business; car dealership; taxi company
• 车流chē liútraffic; rate of traffic flow

Words containing 车

• 出租车chū zū chētaxi; (Taiwan) rental car
• 火车站huǒ chē zhàntrain station
• 自行车zì xíng chēbicycle; bike
• 汽车qì chēcar; automobile; bus
• 公共汽车gōng gòng qì chēbus
• 堵车dǔ chētraffic jam; (of traffic) to get congested
• 火车huǒ chētrain
• 摩托车mó tuō chē(loanword) motorbike; motorcycle
• 卡车kǎ chētruck
• 救护车jiù hù chēambulance
• 刹车shā chēto brake (when driving); to stop; to switch off
• 开车kāi chēto drive a car (or train etc); (slang) to post sexual content online…
• 下车xià chēto get off or out of (a bus, train, car etc)
• 列车liè chē(railway) train
• 上车shàng chēto get on or into (a bus, train, car etc)
• 轿车jiào chē(old) enclosed carriage for carrying passengers; (automotive) sedan
• 停车tíng chēto pull up (stop one's vehicle); to park; (of a machine) to stop working
• 公交车gōng jiāo chēpublic transport vehicle; town bus
• 骑车qí chēto ride a bike (motorbike or bicycle)
• 停车场tíng chē chǎngparking lot; car park
• 公车gōng chēbus; abbr. for 公共汽车; car belonging to an organization and used by its members…
• 马车mǎ chēcart; chariot; carriage
• 坐车zuò chēto take the car, bus, train etc
• 驾车jià chēto drive a vehicle

Characters that look like 车

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 东dōngeast; host (i.e. sitting on east side of guest); landlord
• 本běn(bound form) root; stem; (bound form) origin; source; (bound form) one's own; this
• 木mù(bound form) tree; (bound form) wood; unresponsive; numb; wooden
• 丰fēngluxuriant; buxom; variant of 丰
• 韦wéisoft leather
• 孕yùnpregnant

Sounds the same

Read chē, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 砗used in 砗磲