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跑车

pǎo chē · pao che

Traditional 跑車

HSK 7–9

Meaning

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  1. racing bicycle; racing car; sports car
  2. (of a conductor or attendant) to work on a train
  3. (mining) (of a cable-car) to slip away (in an accident)
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A sports car for groceries

  1. Liangliang

    灯灯(dēngdēng)，你(nǐ)看(kàn)！路边(lùbiān)有(yǒu)一辆(yīliàng)红色(hóngsè)的(de)跑车(pǎochē)！

    Dengdeng, look! There's a red sports car by the road!

  2. Dengdeng

    哇(wa)，这辆(zhèliàng)跑车(pǎochē)真(zhēn)漂亮(piàoliang)。

    Wow, this sports car is beautiful.

  3. Liangliang

    如果(rúguǒ)有钱(yǒuqián)，你(nǐ)想(xiǎng)买(mǎi)跑车(pǎochē)吗(ma)？

    If you had money, would you want to buy a sports car?

  4. Dengdeng

    想(xiǎng)！我(wǒ)要(yào)开(kāi)去(qù)超市(chāoshì)买菜(mǎicài)。

    Yes! I'd drive it to the supermarket to buy vegetables.

  5. Liangliang

    跑车(pǎochē)去(qù)买菜(mǎicài)？菜(cài)放(fàng)哪儿(nǎr)？

    A sports car for groceries? Where do you put them?

  6. Dengdeng

    没事(méishì)，跑车(pǎochē)的(de)后备箱(hòubèixiāng)，放(fàng)一个(yīgè)小(xiǎo)西瓜(xīguā)就(jiù)够(gòu)了(le)。

    No problem. The sports car's trunk is big enough for one small watermelon.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

汤(tāng)姆(mǔ)有(yǒu)一(yí)辆(liàng)黄(huáng)色(sè)跑(pǎo)车(chē)。

Tom owns a yellow sports car.

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

02

我(wǒ)买(mǎi)了(le)一(yí)辆(liàng)红(hóng)色(sè)的(de)跑(pǎo)车(chē)。

I bought a red sports car.

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

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