公共汽车

HSK level

Traditional form

公共汽車

Part of speech

Group name / 机构团体 Jīgòu tuántǐ

公 gōng

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Originally a pictograph of a vessel for holding liquid. The original meaning is now written as 瓮 wèng , with the 瓦 wǎ (pottery) component added at the bottom. The current meaning "public" is a phonetic loan.

Positional decomposition

⿱八厶

Number of Strokes

4

共 gòng

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Pictograph of two hands sharing an object.

Positional decomposition

⿳廾一八

Number of Strokes

6

汽 qì

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 shuǐ represents the meaning and 气 qì represents the sound.

Positional decomposition

⿰氵气

Number of Strokes

7

车 Chē

Type

pictographic

Explanation

Pictograph of a chariot. The simplified character 车 Chē was adapted from the cursive form of the traditional character 車 chē .

Positional decomposition

⿻七十 qī shí

Number of Strokes

4

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他 tā 不 bù 坐 Zuò 出租车 chūzūchē 而 ér 改 gǎi 乘 Chéng 公共汽车 gōnggòngqìchē 以 yǐ 节省 jiéshěng 钱 Qián .

He economized by using buses instead of taking taxis.

人们 rén men 你 nǐ 推 tuī 我 wǒ 挤 jǐ 争 zhēng 着 zhāo 上 shǎng 公共汽车 gōnggòngqìchē .

The people shoved to get on the bus.

我 wǒ 陪 péi 他 tā 到 dào 公共 gōng gòng 汽车 qì chē 站 zhàn .

I'll go with him as far as the bus stop.

他 tā 用 yòng 肩膀 jiānbǎng 挡 dǎng 开 kāi 人们 rén men ,然后 ránhòu 就 jiù 上 shǎng 了 le 公共汽车 gōnggòngqìchē .

He shouldered off the people and got on the bus.

这儿 zhè r 的 de 公共汽车 gōnggòngqìchē 在 zài 整 zhěng 点开出 chū 一趟.

The bus here departs on the hour.

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