汽车 qìchē car
car; automobile; bus
How to remember 汽车: 汽 steam + 车 car = car.
Characters
How it is used
- The everyday word for a car/automobile - measure word 辆 (liàng): 一辆汽车 (yí liàng qìchē) one car.
- Broader than English 'car': 公共汽车 (gōnggòng qìchē) is a bus, 出租汽车 (chūzū qìchē) a taxi. In casual speech people often just say 车 (chē).
- 汽 here means steam/gas (as in engine), not to be confused with 气 (qì, air) - same sound, different character.
Example sentences
- 汽车出问题了。 Qìchē chū wèntí le.There's something wrong with the car.
- 有了汽车很方便。 Yǒule qìchē hěn fāngbiàn.It's very convenient to have a car.
- 附近有公共汽车站。 Fùjìn yǒu gōnggòng qìchēzhàn.There's a bus stop nearby.
- 停车场停了许多汽车。 Tíngchēchǎng tíngle xǔduō qìchē.There are a lot of cars parked in the parking lot.