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辆 liàng

The Chinese measure word for cars, bikes and other vehicles.

辆 counts vehicles that run on wheels: cars, buses, trucks, bicycles and motorbikes. Planes take 架, ships take 艘, and trains usually take 列.

  • 一辆车yí liàng chēa car
  • 一辆自行车yí liàng zìxíngchēa bicycle
  • 两辆公共汽车liǎng liàng gōnggòng qìchētwo buses

15 nouns that take 辆

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The nouns come from the measure-word notes in CC-CEDICT, ordered by how often each word appears in film and TV subtitles. Many nouns take more than one measure word, and 个 often works in casual speech.