汽车

Character by character

• 汽qì7 strokesHSK 1steam, vapor, gas
• 车chē4 strokesHSK 1 traditional 車cart, vehicle; carry in cart

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Example sentences

• 汽车准备好了。

  Qì chē zhǔn bèi hǎo le

  The car is ready.

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• 他在汽车站等候。

  Tā zài qì chē zhàn děng hòu

  He is waiting at the Greyhound station.

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Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 汽车. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 车chēHSK 1

  car; vehicle; machine; to shape with a lathe; Kangxi radical 159

• 车上chē shàngHSK 1

  Car

• 开车kāi chēHSK 1

  to drive a car

• 出租车chū zū chēHSK 2

  taxi; (Tw) rental car

• 火车huǒ chēHSK 1

  train

• 车辆chē liàngHSK 2

  vehicle

• 停车tíng chēHSK 2

  to pull up (stop one's vehicle); to park; (of a machine) to stop working; to stall

• 自行车zì xíng chēHSK 2

  bicycle; bike

• 轿车jiào chēHSK 7

  enclosed carriage for carrying passengers; motor carriage; car or bus; limousine

• 摩托车mó tuō chē

  (loanword) motorbike; motorcycle

• 列车liè chēHSK 4

  (railway) train

• 货车huò chēHSK 7

  truck; van; freight wagon

• 车站chē zhànHSK 1

  rail station; bus stop

• 车祸chē huòHSK 7

  traffic accident; car crash

• 汽油qì yóuHSK 4

  gasoline

• 卡车kǎ chēHSK 7

  truck

• 上车shàng chēHSK 1

  to get on or into (a bus, train, car etc)

• 赛车sài chēHSK 7

  auto race; cycle race; race car

• 停车场tíng chē chǎngHSK 2

  parking lot; car park

• 车展chē zhǎnHSK 6

  motor show

• 下车xià chēHSK 1

  to get off or out of (a bus, train, car etc)

• 驾车jià chēHSK 7

  to drive a vehicle

• 公车gōng chēHSK 7

  bus; abbr. for 公共汽车; car belonging to an organization and used by its members (government car, police car, company car etc); abbr. for 公务用车

• 刹车shā chēHSK 7

  to brake (when driving); to stop; to switch off; to check (bad habits); a brake