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卡车

kǎchē

truck; lorry

A red truck loaded with crates drives along a road
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Characters in this word

卡 kǎ

Strokes
5
Radical
卜 — divination, fortune-telling
Made of
上 above, on top, superior 卜 divination, fortune-telling
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

  • 港口外排着一长列卡车,等待把集装箱运往内陆仓库。 Gǎngkǒu wài pái zhe yì cháng liè kǎchē, děngdài bǎ jízhuāngxiāng yùn wǎng nèilù cāngkù. A long line of lorries waited outside the port to transport containers to inland warehouses.
  • 一辆大卡车停在路边,司机正在卸货。 Yí liàng dà kǎchē tíng zài lù biān, sījī zhèngzài xièhuò. A big truck is parked by the roadside while the driver unloads the goods.
  • 搬家那天,我们租了一辆卡车来运家具。 Bānjiā nà tiān, wǒmen zū le yí liàng kǎchē lái yùn jiājù. On moving day, we rented a truck to carry the furniture.

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