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货车

huòchē

truck, freight car

A truck loaded with crates driving on a road
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Characters in this word

货 huò

Strokes
8
Radical
贝 — sea shell
Made of
化 to change, to convert, to reform 贝 sea shell
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

车 chē

Strokes
4
Radical
车 — cart, vehicle
How it's built
Pictograph — a drawing of the thing

Example phrases

  • 这辆货车在高速公路上突然爆胎,导致后方车辆紧急避让。 Zhè liàng huòchē zài gāosù gōnglù shàng tūrán bàotāi, dǎozhì hòufāng chēliàng jǐnjí bìràng. This truck suddenly had a tyre blowout on the motorway, causing the vehicles behind it to swerve urgently.
  • 一辆大货车停在路边,司机正在搬箱子。 Yí liàng dà huòchē tíng zài lùbiān, sījī zhèngzài bān xiāngzi. A big truck is parked by the roadside, and the driver is moving boxes.
  • 这条路太窄,货车开不进去。 Zhè tiáo lù tài zhǎi, huòchē kāi bú jìnqù. This road is too narrow for trucks to drive in.

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