开车

Character by character

• 开kāi4 strokesHSK 1 traditional 開open; initiate, begin, start
• 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

• 我会开车。

  Wǒ huì kāi chē

  I know how to drive a car.

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Words with the same characters

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

• 开始kāi shǐHSK 3

  to begin; beginning; to start; initial

• 车chēHSK 1

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

• 开kāiHSK 1

  to open (transitive or intransitive); (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start; to turn on; to put in operation; to operate; to run; to boil; to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc); (directional complement) away; off; carat (gold); abbr. for Kelvin, 开尔文; abbr. for 开本, book format

• 离开lí kāiHSK 2

  to depart; to leave

• 开心kāi xīnHSK 2

  to feel happy; to rejoice; to have a great time; to make fun of sb

• 汽车qì chēHSK 1

  car; automobile; bus

• 打开dǎ kāiHSK 1

  to open; to show (a ticket); to turn on; to switch on

• 公开gōng kāiHSK 3

  open; overt; public; to make public; to release

• 车上chē shàngHSK 1

  Car

• 出租车chū zū chēHSK 2

  taxi; (Tw) rental car

• 火车huǒ chēHSK 1

  train

• 车辆chē liàngHSK 2

  vehicle

• 开发kāi fāHSK 3

  to exploit (a resource); to open up (for development); to develop

• 开放kāi fàngHSK 3

  to bloom; to open; to be open (to the public); to open up (to the outside); to be open-minded; unrestrained by convention; unconstrained in one's sexuality

• 展开zhǎn kāiHSK 3

  to unfold; to spread out; to open up; to launch; to carry out

• 停车tíng chēHSK 2

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

• 分开fēn kāiHSK 2

  to separate; to part

• 自行车zì xíng chēHSK 2

  bicycle; bike

• 开口kāi kǒuHSK 7

  to open one's mouth; to start to talk

• 改革开放gǎi gé kāi fàngHSK 7

  to reform and open to the outside world; refers to Deng Xiaoping's policies from around 1980

• 轿车jiào chēHSK 7

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

• 开玩笑kāi wán xiàoHSK 1

  to play a joke; to make fun of; to joke

• 摩托车mó tuō chē

  (loanword) motorbike; motorcycle

• 召开zhào kāiHSK 4

  to convene (a conference or meeting); to convoke; to call together