Car in Chinese (Mandarin): 汽车 (qìchē)
汽车
qìchē
car
- Simplified
- 汽车
- Traditional
- 汽車
- Pinyin
- qìchē
- Typed as
- qiche
Use it in a sentence
爸爸开汽车。
爸爸開汽車。
Dad drives the car.
The characters in 汽车
汽
Steam, gas. 氵 (water) is on the left.
7 strokes
车 / 車
Vehicle, car. It began as a drawing of a cart.
4 strokes
People often just say 车 (chē). A bus is 公共汽车 (gōnggòng qìchē).
More examples with 汽车
这辆汽车是红色的。
這輛汽車是紅色的。
Zhè liàng qìchē shì hóngsè de.
This car is red.
汽车开得很快。
汽車開得很快。
Qìchē kāi de hěn kuài.
The car goes very fast.
How to write 汽车 in Chinese
Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.
汽 7 strokes
车 4 strokes
In Traditional characters:
車 7 strokes
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