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辆 liàng measure word for vehicles

How to remember 辆: 车 car + 两 two = measure word for vehicles. At the dealership one car is not enough, so the couple buy two, and the salesman counts them with the (measure word for vehicles).

  • 1,375. most frequent character
  • HSK 3
  • 11 strokes
  • Radical 車

Component breakdown

辆 = 车 car + 两 two

  • 车 car
  • 两 two
The Gushi story

At the dealership one car is not enough, so the couple buy two, and the salesman counts them with the (measure word for vehicles).

How it is used

  • Measure word for vehicles - 一辆车 (yí liàng chē) a car, 一辆自行车 (yí liàng zìxíngchē) a bike, 一辆公交车 a bus.
  • Covers wheeled vehicles broadly (cars, bikes, buses, trucks); boats take 艘 (sōu) and planes take 架 (jià).
  • 车辆 (chēliàng) is the collective noun 'vehicles' used in traffic/official contexts.
  • Pure classifier - it has no standalone meaning.

Words with 辆

Example sentences

  • 房子前面有一辆车。 Fángzi qiánmian yǒu yī liàng chē.There's a car in front of the house.