Ride a bike in Chinese (Mandarin): 骑车 (qíchē)

骑车
qíchē
ride a bike
- Simplified
- 骑车
- Traditional
- 騎車
- Pinyin
- qíchē
- Typed as
- qiche
Use it in a sentence
我会骑车。
我會騎車。
I can ride a bike.
The characters in 骑车
骑 / 騎
To ride. 马 (horse) is on the left, from riding horses.
11 strokes
车 / 車
Vehicle; here, a bicycle.
4 strokes
骑 is for anything you sit astride: 骑马 (qí mǎ) is to ride a horse, and 骑车 usually means riding a bike.
More examples with 骑车
我们一起骑车去公园。
我們一起騎車去公園。
Wǒmen yìqǐ qíchē qù gōngyuán.
We ride our bikes to the park.
骑车要戴头盔。
騎車要戴頭盔。
Qíchē yào dài tóukuī.
Wear a helmet when you ride a bike.
How to write 骑车 in Chinese
Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.
骑 11 strokes
车 4 strokes
In Traditional characters:
騎 18 strokes
車 7 strokes
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