汽 qì
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 氵 — water
- Made of
- 氵 water 气 air, gas
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
汽车
qìchē
car
Characters in this word
车 chē
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 车 — cart, vehicle
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 我坐汽车去学校。 Wǒ zuò qìchē qù xuéxiào. I go to school by car.
- 这是我爸爸的汽车。 Zhè shì wǒ bàba de qìchē. This is my dad's car.
- 汽车很贵。 Qìchē hěn guì. Cars are very expensive.
- 谁在开那个汽车？ Shéi zài kāi nà gè qìchē? Who is driving that car?
- 妈妈不会开汽车。 Māma bú huì kāi qìchē. Mom doesn't know how to drive a car.
- 那个汽车是白的吗？ Nà gè qìchē shì bái de ma? Is that car white?
- 李月想买汽车。 Lǐ Yuè xiǎng mǎi qìchē. Li Yue wants to buy a car.
- 汽车里有四个人。 Qìchē lǐ yǒu sì gè rén. There are four people in the car.
- 别在汽车上吃东西。 Bié zài qìchē shang chī dōngxi. Don't eat anything in the car.
- 王明坐汽车回家了。 Wáng Míng zuò qìchē huíjiā le. Wang Ming went home by car.
Related words
- 公共汽车 gōnggòng qìchē bus
- 汽水 qìshuǐ soda
- 汽油 qìyóu gasoline
- 水汽 shuǐqì water vapour; moisture
- 车 chē car, vehicle
- 车票 chēpiào ticket (bus or train)
- 车上 chē shang in the car, on the bus
- 车站 chēzhàn station, stop
- 打车 dǎchē to take a taxi
- 火车 huǒchē train
- 开车 kāichē to drive a car
- 上车 shàngchē to get on (a bus or car)