VocabularyHSK 3 · core

汽车

qìchē

automobile

Part of speech · noun

Pattern visualization

車car

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Examples

汽车很贵。
Cars are expensive.
我开汽车去公司。
I drive to the office.

Collocations

一辆汽车开汽车汽车站

Mnemonic

汽车 qìchē "automobile" — 汽 (steam/vapor) + 车 (vehicle). Originally "steam car"; now any car. Measure: 辆 liàng. Note: Japanese 汽車 kisha specifically means "steam locomotive", not modern cars.

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