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车

chē · che/jū · ju/Chē · che

Traditional 車

HSK 1Measure word: 辆 liàng

Meaning

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chē 車

  1. car
  2. vehicle
  3. machine
  4. to shape with a lathe
  5. Kangxi radical 159

jū 車

  1. war chariot (archaic)
  2. rook (in Chinese chess)
  3. rook (in chess)

Chē 車

  1. surname Che
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In a conversation

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Where did I park?

  1. Liangliang

    你(nǐ)怎么(zěnme)来(lái)的(de)？

    How did you get here?

  2. Dengdeng

    我(wǒ)开车(kāichē)来(lái)的(de)。

    I came by car.

  3. Liangliang

    车(chē)停(tíng)在(zài)哪儿(nǎr)？

    Where did you park the car?

  4. Dengdeng

    在(zài)那边(nàbian)……这儿(zhèr)的(de)车(chē)太(tài)多(duō)了(le)。

    Over there... there are too many cars here.

  5. Liangliang

    你(nǐ)的(de)车(chē)是(shì)什么(shénme)颜色(yánsè)的(de)？

    What colour is your car?

  6. Dengdeng

    和(hé)那边(nàbian)所有(suǒyǒu)的(de)车(chē)一样(yīyàng)，都(dōu)是(shì)白色(báisè)。

    Same as all the cars over there. White.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

如(rú)果(guǒ)用(yòng)了(le)你(nǐ)的(de)车(chē)，你(nǐ)会(huì)介(jiè)意(yì)吗(ma)?

Would you mind if I used your car?

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

02

汤(tāng)姆(mǔ)上(shàng)了(le)车(chē)，启(qǐ)动(dòng)了(le)发(fā)动(dòng)机(jī)。

Tom got in the car and started the engine.

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

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