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驱动

qū dòng

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 驅動

驱动 (qū dòng) means "to drive; to propel; drive (vehicle wheel)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 驱动 means

1. to drive
2. to propel
3. drive (vehicle wheel)
4. drive mechanism (tape or disk)
5. device driver (computing software)

The characters in 驱动

• 驱qūto expel; to urge on; to drive
• 动dòng(of sth) to move; to set in movement; to displace

Example sentences

• 这辆车靠天然气驱动。
  Zhè liàng chē kào tiānránqì qūdòng.
  This car runs on natural gas.
• 不是所有的临床研究都是假设驱动的。
  Bù shì suǒyǒu de línchuáng yánjiū dōu shì jiǎshè qūdòng de.
  Not all clinical studies are hypothesis-driven.

Words starting with 驱动

• 驱动器qū dòng qìdrive
• 驱动力qū dòng lìdriving force
• 驱动轮qū dòng lúndrive wheel
• 驱动程序qū dòng chéng xùdevice driver (computing software)

Words containing 驱动

• 全轮驱动quán lún qū dòngall-wheel drive
• 光盘驱动器guāng pán qū dòng qìCD or DVD drive; abbr. to 光驱
• 概念驱动加工gài niàn qū dòng jiā gōngconcept-driven processing
• 磁盘驱动器cí pán qū dòng qìdisk drive
• 四轮驱动sì lún qū dòngfour-wheel drive

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