Motorcycle in Chinese (Mandarin): 摩托车 (mótuōchē)
摩托车
mótuōchē
motorcycle
- Simplified
- 摩托车
- Pinyin
- mótuōchē
- Typed as
- motuoche
In Taiwan, people say 機車 (jīchē) instead.
Use it in a sentence
爸爸骑摩托车带我出去玩。
Dad rides a motorcycle to take me out to play.
The characters in 摩托车
摩
To rub; here it is just for the sound.
15 strokes
托
To hold up; here it is just for the sound.
6 strokes
车 / 車
Vehicle, car. It began as a drawing of a cart.
4 strokes
摩托 sounds like "motor", so 摩托车 is a "motor vehicle". Riding one is 骑 (qí), like riding a horse or a bike.
More examples with 摩托车
摩托车跑得很快。
摩托車跑得很快。
Mótuōchē pǎo de hěn kuài.
The motorcycle goes very fast.
骑摩托车要戴头盔。
騎摩托車要戴頭盔。
Qí mótuōchē yào dài tóukuī.
Wear a helmet when you ride a motorcycle.
How to write 摩托车 in Chinese
Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.
摩 15 strokes
托 6 strokes
车 4 strokes
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