自行车 zìxíngchē bike
bike; bicycle
How to remember 自行车: 自 self + 行 go + 车 car = bike.
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How it is used
- A bicycle - 骑自行车 (qí zìxíngchē) to ride a bike (use 骑 for straddling, not 坐).
- Literally 'self-propelled vehicle'; in Taiwan the common word is 脚踏车 (jiǎotàchē).
- Measure word: 一辆自行车 (yí liàng zìxíngchē).
- 共享单车 (gòngxiǎng dānchē) = shared/rental bikes, where 单车 is the southern colloquial term for bicycle.
Example sentences
- 这是我的自行车。 Zhè shì wǒ de zìxíngchē.It's my bicycle.
- 他骑自行车去的。 Tā qí zìxíngchē qù de.He went by bicycle.
- 我喜欢自行车运动。 Wǒ xǐhuan zìxíngchē yùndòng.I like cycling.