Bicycle in Chinese (Mandarin): 自行车 (zìxíngchē)
自行车
zìxíngchē
bicycle
- Simplified
- 自行车
- Pinyin
- zìxíngchē
- Typed as
- zixingche
In Taiwan, people say 腳踏車 (jiǎotàchē) instead.
Use it in a sentence
我骑自行车去公园。
I ride a bicycle to the park.
The characters in 自行车
自
Self.
6 strokes
行
To go, to move.
6 strokes
车 / 車
Vehicle.
4 strokes
自行车 is a "self-moving vehicle". People also say 单车 (dānchē), and in Taiwan 腳踏車 (jiǎotàchē). Riding is 骑 (qí).
More examples with 自行车
我会骑自行车。
我會騎自行車。
Wǒ huì qí zìxíngchē.
I can ride a bicycle.
我的自行车是红色的。
我的自行車是紅色的。
Wǒ de zìxíngchē shì hóngsè de.
My bicycle is red.
How to write 自行车 in Chinese
Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.
自 6 strokes
行 6 strokes
车 4 strokes
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