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开车

kāichē

to drive a car

to drive a car
Memory picture

Characters in this word

开 kāi

Strokes
4
Radical
廾 — two hands
Made of
一 one 廾 two hands
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

车 chē

Strokes
4
Radical
车 — cart, vehicle
Made of
七 seven 十 ten, tenth
How it's built
Pictograph — a drawing of the thing

Example phrases

  • 我爸爸开车很快。 Wǒ bàba kāichē hěn kuài. My dad drives very fast.
  • 她开车开得很慢。 Tā kāichē kāi de hěn màn. She drives very slowly.
  • 我不喜欢开车。 Wǒ bù xǐhuan kāichē. I don't like driving.

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