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驾驶

jià shǐ

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word Traditional 駕駛

驾驶 (jià shǐ) means "to drive, pilot". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 驾驶 means

1. to drive (vehicle); to pilot (ship, airplane etc)
2. driver; pilot; captain

The characters in 驾驶

• 驾jiàto harness; to draw (a cart etc); to drive
• 驶shǐ(of a vehicle, horse etc) to go fast; to speed; (of a vehicle) to run; to go…

Example sentences

• 请小心驾驶。
  Please drive carefully.
• 他擅长驾驶。
  He is good at driving.
• 安全地驾驶。
  Drive carefully.
• 他全速驾驶着。
  Tā quánsù jiàshǐ zhe.
  He was driving the car at full speed.
• 我们轮流驾驶。
  We took turns with the driving.
• 他是个好驾驶员。
  Tā shì gè hǎo jiàshǐyuán.
  He's a good driver.

Words starting with 驾驶

• 驾驶员jià shǐ yuánpilot; driver
• 驾驶证jià shǐ zhèngdriver's license
• 驾驶室jià shǐ shìcab (of a locomotive, truck etc); driver's compartment; wheelhouse
• 驾驶舱jià shǐ cāngcockpit; control cabin
• 驾驶人jià shǐ rén(car, van) driver
• 驾驶席jià shǐ xídriver's seat; pilot's seat
• 驾驶执照jià shǐ zhí zhàodriver's license

Words containing 驾驶

• 副驾驶fù jià shǐcopilot; co-driver (abbr. for 副驾驶员; front passenger seat (abbr. for 副驾驶座
• 正驾驶zhèng jià shǐpilot-in-command; captain (cf. 副驾驶
• 副驾驶员fù jià shǐ yuáncopilot; co-driver
• 副驾驶座fù jià shǐ zuòfront passenger seat
• 正副驾驶zhèng fù jià shǐpilot and copilot
• 无人驾驶wú rén jià shǐunmanned; unpiloted
• 酒后驾驶jiǔ hòu jià shǐdriving under the influence of alcohol (DUI)

Where 驾驶 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Travel, Events & Social Venues (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read jià shǐ correctly.
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