车辆 chēliàng vehicle
How to remember 车辆: 车 car + 辆 measure word for vehicles = vehicle.
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How it is used
- Vehicles (collective) - 车辆很多 (chēliàng hěn duō) heavy traffic / many vehicles, 机动车辆 motor vehicles.
- A formal mass noun for vehicles taken together, used on signs and in traffic reports; not a count of one car.
- You wouldn't say 一个车辆 for a single car - use 一辆车.
Example sentences
- 这条路上的车辆不多。 Zhè tiáo lùshàng de chēliàng bù duō.There isn't much traffic on this road.