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Meaning of 车

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(Trad.: 車)Polyphone (多音字)HSK 1
Total strokes: 4; Radical:
Pictographic:Simplified form of 車, a cart with two wheels, seen from above
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Pinyin: chē
English Definition:car; vehicle; Classifiers: ; machine; to shape with a lathe; Kangxi radical 159; surname Che
Chinese Definition:
①陆地上有轮子的交通工具:火车。车驾(帝王的马车)。车裂(中国古代一种残酷的死刑,俗称“五马分尸”)。前车之鉴。
②用轮轴来转动的器具:纺车。水车。
③用水车打水:车水。
④指旋床或其他机器:车床。
⑤用旋床加工工件:车零件。
⑥方言,转动身体:车身。车过头来。
⑦姓氏。

Example Words:
汽车 chē car; automobile; bus; Classifiers:
车辆 chē liàng vehicle
自行车HSK 3 xíng chē bicycle; bike; Classifiers:
火车 huǒ chē train; Classifiers:
轿车 jiào chē enclosed carriage for carrying passengers; motor carriage; car or bus; limousine; Classifiers:
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2
Pinyin:
English Definition:war chariot (archaic); rook (in Chinese chess); rook (in chess)
Chinese Definition:
①国际象棋中的一种棋子,它可以顺着平行于棋盘边的路随便走多少方格,假如没有其它棋子阻挡的话。
②中国象棋棋子的一种。[例]舍车保帅。
③另见chē。

Example Words:
车驾 jià carriage
舍车保帅 shě bǎo shuài rook sacrifice to save the king (in Chinese chess); fig. to protect a senior figure by blaming an underling; to pass the buck
弃车保帅 bǎo shuài to make minor sacrifices to safeguard major interests (idiom)
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Example Sentences
1
I can drive.
2
Traveling by train is tiring.
3
He is driving.
4
I don't have a bike.
5
I am going to drive