机动车 jīdòngchē motor vehicle
How to remember 机动车: 机 machine + 动 move + 车 car = motor vehicle.
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How it is used
- A motor vehicle - 机动车驾驶证 (jīdòngchē jiàshǐzhèng) driver's license, 机动车道 (jīdòngchēdào) the motor-vehicle lane.
- The formal/legal term covering cars, trucks, motorcycles (anything engine-powered on the road).
- Contrast 非机动车 (fēi jīdòngchē, non-motor vehicles like bicycles). Traffic-regulation register.