Crane in Chinese (Mandarin): 吊车 (diàochē)
吊车
diàochē
crane
- Simplified
- 吊车
- Traditional
- 吊車
- Pinyin
- diàochē
- Typed as
- diaoche
Use it in a sentence
吊车把箱子吊起来。
吊車把箱子吊起來。
The crane lifts the box up high.
The characters in 吊车
吊
To hang, to lift by a rope. 口 is on top of 巾.
6 strokes
车 / 車
Vehicle.
4 strokes
吊车 is a "hanging vehicle": a crane that lifts things on a hook. The crane bird is a different word, 鹤 (hè).
More examples with 吊车
吊车很高。
吊車很高。
Diàochē hěn gāo.
The crane is very tall.
工人用吊车搬东西。
工人用吊車搬東西。
Gōngrén yòng diàochē bān dōngxi.
The workers move things with a crane.
How to write 吊车 in Chinese
Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.
吊 6 strokes
车 4 strokes
In Traditional characters:
車 7 strokes
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