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chē

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chē Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
chē | che1
English translation
cart, vehicle; to move in a cart

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About chē

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Number of strokes

7

Radical frequency

361

Traditional form

chē

Contains the radical

chē

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

A cart with two wheels, seen from above

Etymology of chē

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Type

pictographic

Positional decomposition

⿻?

Explanation

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

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Words with chē

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
Chē car chē
汽车 qì chē car汽車
车辆 chē liàng vehicle車輛
开车 kāi chē to drive a car開車
出租车 chūzūchē taxi出租車
火车 huǒ chē train火車
停车 tíng chē to park停車
卡车 kǎchē truck卡車
轿车 jiào chē motor carriage轎車
自行车 zìxíngchē bicycle自行車
车子 chē zi car or other vehicle (bicycle, truck etc)車子
车祸 chē huò car crash車禍
列车 lièchē (railway) train列車
摩托车 mótuōchē motorbike摩托車
货车 huò chē truck貨車
车站 chē zhàn rail station車站
停车场 tíng chē chǎng parking lot停車場
赛车 sài chē auto race賽車
上车 shàng chē to get on or into (a bus, train, car etc)上車
救护车 jiùhùchē ambulance救護車
车队 chē duì motorcade車隊
下车 xià chē to get off or out of (a bus, train, car etc)下車
车间 chē jiān workshop車間
驾车 jià chē to drive a vehicle駕車

chē Decomposition & Compounds

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