卡车 kǎchē truck
How to remember 卡车: 卡 card + 车 car = truck.
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How it is used
- Truck/lorry - 一辆大卡车 (yí liàng dà kǎchē) a big truck.
- Everyday; 卡 = kǎ (a loan-sound), measure word 辆.
- Neutral vehicle word; contrast 货车 (huòchē, freight/goods vehicle, overlapping).
Example sentences
- 路中间有一辆卡车。 Lù zhōngjiān yǒu yīliàng kǎchē.A truck was standing in the middle of the road.
- 我差点被卡车撞到。 Wǒ chàdiǎn bèi kǎchē zhuàng dào.I almost got hit by a truck.