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开车

kāi chē · kai che

Traditional 開車

HSK 1

Meaning

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  1. to drive a car
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Car or bike?

  1. Dengdeng

    你(nǐ)今天(jīntiān)开车(kāichē)来(lái)的(de)吗(ma)？

    Did you drive today?

  2. Liangliang

    没有(méiyǒu)，开车(kāichē)太(tài)堵(dǔ)，我(wǒ)骑车(qíchē)来(lái)的(de)。

    No, driving is too jammed. I came by bike.

  3. Dengdeng

    我(wǒ)开车(kāichē)来(lái)，找(zhǎo)停车位(tíngchēwèi)找(zhǎo)了(le)半(bàn)小时(xiǎoshí)。

    I drove, and looked for parking for half an hour.

  4. Liangliang

    那(nà)你(nǐ)比(bǐ)我(wǒ)晚到(wǎndào)吧(ba)？

    So you arrived later than me, right?

  5. Dengdeng

    对(duì)，明天(míngtiān)我(wǒ)也(yě)骑车(qíchē)。

    Yes. Tomorrow I will bike too.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

开(kāi)车(chē)差(chà)不(bu)多(duō)需(xū)要(yào)几(jǐ)个(ge)小(xiǎo)时(shí)？

About how many hours does it take by car?

Tatoeba: Chinese by sysko · English by Eevee · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

我(wǒ)十(shí)八(bā)岁(suì)时(shí)，学(xué)了(le)开(kāi)车(chē)、考(kǎo)到(dào)了(le)驾(jià)照(zhào)。

I learned to drive a car and got a driver's license when I was eighteen.

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

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开
kāi

to open (transitive or intransitive); (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start

车
chē

car; vehicle

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