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驾

jià

HSK 5 Character Traditional 駕

What 驾 means

1. to harness
2. to draw (a cart etc)
3. to drive
4. to pilot
5. to sail
6. to ride
7. your good self
8. prefixed word denoting respect (polite {敬辞|jìng cí})

Other readings

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

• Jiàsurname Jia

Example sentences

• 劳驾!
  Excuse me!
• 你会驾车吗？
  Nǐ huì jiàchē ma?
  Do you know how to drive a car?
• 您有驾照吗？
  Do you have a driver's license?
• 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.

Words starting with 驾

• 驾驶jià shǐto drive (vehicle); to pilot (ship, airplane etc); driver; pilot; captain
• 驾车jià chēto drive a vehicle
• 驾驶员jià shǐ yuánpilot; driver
• 驾照jià zhàodriver's license (abbr. for 驾驶执照
• 驾驭jià yùto urge on (of horse); to drive; to steer
• 驾校jià xiàodriving school; abbr. for 驾驶学校
• 驾驶证jià shǐ zhèngdriver's license
• 驾驶室jià shǐ shìcab (of a locomotive, truck etc); driver's compartment; wheelhouse
• 驾轻就熟jià qīng jiù shúlit. an easy drive on a familiar path (idiom); fig. experience makes progress easy…
• 驾驶舱jià shǐ cāngcockpit; control cabin
• 驾乘jià chéngto drive (a car); to fly (an aircraft); to pilot (a boat)
• 驾培jià péidriver training (abbr. for 驾驶培训
• 驾机jià jīto fly an airplane
• 驾临jià línto grace sb with one's presence; your arrival (honorific); your esteemed presence
• 驾云jià yúnto ride the clouds; fig. self-satisfied; arrogant
• 驾龄jià línglength of experience as a driver
• 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
• 驾艇jià tǐngto pilot a boat
• 驾崩jià bēng(of an emperor) to pass away
• 驾帆船jià fān chuánsailing
• 驾鹤成仙jià hè chéng xiānto fly on a crane and become immortal
• 驾鹤西去jià hè xī qùlit. to fly on a crane to the Western Paradise; fig. to pass away (idiom)

Words containing 驾

• 劳驾láo jiàexcuse me
• 大驾dà jiàimperial chariot; (fig.) emperor; (polite) you
• 保驾bǎo jià(in former times) to escort the emperor (or other important personage)…
• 并驾齐驱bìng jià qí qū(idiom) to run neck and neck; to keep pace with; to keep abreast of…
• 代驾dài jiàto drive a vehicle for its owner…
• 候驾hòu jiàto await (your) gracious presence
• 副驾fù jiàcopilot; co-driver (abbr. for 副驾驶员; front passenger seat (abbr. for 副驾驶座
• 尊驾zūn jiàlit. your honored carriage; your highness; honored Sir (also sarcastic)
• 座驾zuò jiàone's own car (or motorbike); vehicle for one's private use
• 征驾zhēng jiàhorses and wagons for an expedition; vehicles and horses used in battle
• 智驾zhì jià(automotive technology) intelligent driving (abbr. for 智能驾驶
• 毒驾dú jiàto drive under the influence of drugs
• 当驾dāng jiàimperial driver
• 自驾zì jiàto drive oneself somewhere
• 见驾jiàn jiàto have an audience (with the emperor)
• 车驾chē jiàthe emperor's carriage; (metonym) the emperor
• 酒驾jiǔ jiàdriving while intoxicated; DWI; to drink and drive
• 自驾车zì jià chēto drive oneself somewhere; private vehicle; (Taiwan) self-driving car; autonomous car
• 自驾游zì jià yóuto go on a self-drive tour; to go on a road trip
• 保驾护航bǎo jià hù háng(idiom) to safeguard (sth); to protect (sth)
• 大驾光临dà jià guāng línwe are honored by your presence
• 教宗座驾jiào zōng zuò jiàpopemobile
• 酒后驾车jiǔ hòu jià chēdriving under the influence
• 饮酒驾车yǐn jiǔ jià chēdrink and drive (moderately high blood alcohol concentration)

Characters built on 加

These share the phonetic component 加 (jiā), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 架jiàto support; frame; rack
• 嘉jiāexcellent; auspicious; to praise
• 迦jiā(phonetic sound for Buddhist terms)
• 枷jiācangue (wooden collar like stocks used to restrain and punish criminals in China)
• 珈jiāgamma; jewelry
• 痂jiāscab
• 袈jiāused in 袈裟
• 笳jiāwhistle made of reed

Characters that look like 驾

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

• 贸màocommerce; trade
• 贫pínpoor; inadequate; deficient
• 贺hèto congratulate
• 骂màto scold; to abuse; to curse
• 笃dǔ(bound form) sincere; genuine; (bound form) (of an illness) serious
• 荤hūnstrong-smelling vegetable (garlic etc); non-vegetarian food (meat, fish etc); vulgar

Sounds the same

Read jià, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 价price; value; (chemistry) valence
• 架to support; frame; rack
• 嫁(of a woman) to marry; to marry off a daughter; to shift (blame etc)
• 稼to sow grain; (farm) crop
• 假vacation
• 幏cloth (archaic), esp. of southern ethnic groups