公共汽车
gōnggòng qìchē
bus
Part of speech · noun
Pattern visualization
公public
Show part origins
車car
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Examples
- 坐公共汽车去。Go by bus.
- 公共汽车站在哪儿?Where's the bus stop?
Collocations
坐公共汽车公共汽车站一辆公共汽车
Mnemonic
公共汽车 gōnggòng qìchē "bus" — literal "public car". Common abbreviations: 公车 gōngchē, 公交车 gōngjiāochē (公交 = public transit). Korean/Japanese borrow "beoseu / basu" from English.
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