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自行车

zì xíng chē · zi xing che

Traditional 自行車

HSK 2Measure word: 辆 liàng

Meaning

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  1. bicycle; bike
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The missing bike

  1. Dengdeng

    亮亮(liàngliàng)，我(wǒ)的(de)自行车(zìxíngchē)不见(bùjiàn)了(le)！

    Liangliang, my bike is missing!

  2. Liangliang

    你(nǐ)今天(jīntiān)是(shì)怎么(zěnme)来(lái)的(de)？

    How did you come today?

  3. Dengdeng

    我(wǒ)骑(qí)自行车(zìxíngchē)到(dào)地铁站(dìtiězhàn)，然后(ránhòu)坐(zuò)地铁(dìtiě)来(lái)的(de)。

    I rode my bike to the subway station, then took the subway.

  4. Liangliang

    那(nà)你(nǐ)的(de)自行车(zìxíngchē)一定(yīdìng)还(hái)在(zài)地铁站(dìtiězhàn)。

    Then your bike must still be at the subway station.

  5. Dengdeng

    啊(a)，对(duì)！我(wǒ)现在(xiànzài)就(jiù)回去(huíqu)找(zhǎo)它(tā)。

    Ah, right! I will go back and find it now.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

你(nǐ)生(shēng)日(rì)的(de)时(shí)候(hou)，我(wǒ)送(sòng)你(nǐ)一(yí)辆(liàng)自(zì)行(xíng)车(chē)。

I will give you a bicycle for your birthday.

Tatoeba: Chinese by fucongcong · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

她(tā)在(zài)从(cóng)自(zì)行(xíng)车(chē)上(shàng)摔(shuāi)下(xià)来(lái)时(shí)伤(shāng)到(dào)了(le)脚(jiǎo)。

She hurt her foot when she fell off her bicycle.

Tatoeba: Chinese by crescat · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

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The characters

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自
zì

(bound form) self; oneself; from; since

行
xíng

to walk; to go

车
chē

car; vehicle

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