Chinese words starting with “che”

22 words in our HSK vocabulary start with the syllable che. They are sorted by how common they are, so the ones you are most likely to meet come first. The 5 most useful of them have their own page — they are listed first below.

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1st tone 15
3rd tone 1
4th tone 6

Word counts by tone are counted on the first syllable of each word.

Common words with this syllable

彻底chè dǐHSK 4
thorough; thoroughly; complete
车上chē shàngHSK 1
Car
车辆chē liàngHSK 2
vehicle
车站chē zhànHSK 1
rail station; bus stop
车票chē piàoHSK 1
ticket (for a bus or train)

All 22 words

#	Word	Pinyin	POS	Meaning
1	车	chē	n,q	car; vehicle; machine; to shape with a lathe; Kangxi radical 159
2	扯	chě	v	to pull; to tear; (of cloth, thread etc) to buy; to chat; to gossip; (coll.) (Tw) ridiculous; hokey
3	车祸	chē huò	n	traffic accident; car crash
4	撤	chè	v	to remove; to take away
5	车展	chē zhǎn		motor show
6	撤销	chè xiāo	v,vn	to repeal; to revoke; (computing) to undo
7	撤离	chè lí	v	to withdraw from; to evacuate
8	车厢	chē xiāng	n	carriage
9	车牌	chē pái	n	license plate
10	撤退	chè tuì	v	to retreat
11	车库	chē kù	n	garage
12	车主	chē zhǔ	n	vehicle owner
13	车间	chē jiān	n	workshop
14	车道	chē dào	n	traffic lane; driveway
15	车型	chē xíng	n	vehicle model (i.e. particular version of a car or motorcycle etc)
16	车轮	chē lún	n	wheel
17	车位	chē wèi	n	parking spot; unloading point; garage place; stand for taxi
18	车速	chē sù	n	vehicle speed
19	彻夜	chè yè	d	the whole night
20	撤换	chè huàn	v	to dismiss and replace (sb); to replace (sb or sth)
21	车号	chē hào	n	vehicle number (license plate number, taxi number, bus number, train car number)
22	车轴	chē zhóu	n	axle

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