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单车

dān chē · dan che

Traditional 單車

Meaning

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  1. (coll.) bike; bicycle (esp. bike-share bicycle)
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A shared bike that will not open

  1. Liangliang

    我们(wǒmen)骑(qí)单车(dānchē)去(qù)公园(gōngyuán)吧(ba)。

    Let us ride bikes to the park.

  2. Dengdeng

    好(hǎo)啊(a)！可是(kěshì)我(wǒ)的(de)单车(dānchē)坏(huài)了(le)。

    Great! But my bike is broken.

  3. Liangliang

    没(méi)关系(guānxi)，路边(lùbiān)有(yǒu)共享(gòngxiǎng)单车(dānchē)。

    No problem. There are shared bikes by the road.

  4. Dengdeng

    我(wǒ)扫(sǎo)了(le)码(mǎ)，这(zhè)辆(liàng)单车(dānchē)怎么(zěnme)还(hái)打(dǎ)不(bù)开(kāi)？

    I scanned the code. Why will this bike still not unlock?

  5. Liangliang

    你(nǐ)扫(sǎo)的(de)是(shì)旁边(pángbiān)那(nà)辆(liàng)的(de)码(mǎ)！

    You scanned the code of the bike next to it!

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2 examples
01

如(rú)果(guǒ)不(bú)下(xià)雨(yǔ)的(de)话(huà)，你(nǐ)可(kě)以(yǐ)去(qù)踏(tà)单(dān)车(chē)。

You may go cycling if it doesn't rain.

Tatoeba: Chinese by nickyeow · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

02

我(wǒ)每(měi)天(tiān)骑(qí)单(dān)车(chē)去(qù)地(dì)铁(tiě)站(zhàn)。

I ride a bicycle to the subway station every day.

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