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开车

kāichē

to drive a car

HSK 1 · Topic “On the road” TransportVerb + object
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
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.
  • 爸爸今天不开车。 Bàba jīntiān bù kāichē. Dad isn't driving today.
  • 谁会开车? Shéi huì kāichē? Who can drive?
  • 老师开车去学校。 Lǎoshī kāichē qù xuéxiào. The teacher drives to school.
  • 下雨别开车。 Xiàyǔ bié kāichē. Don't drive when it rains.
  • 她开车去商场吗? Tā kāichē qù shāngchǎng ma? Is she driving to the mall?
  • 王明开车回家了。 Wáng Míng kāichē huíjiā le. Wang Ming drove home.
  • 你开车还是坐车? Nǐ kāichē háishi zuò chē? Are you driving or riding?

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