How to say “drive a car” in Chinese
drive a car
“Drive a car” in Chinese is 开车, kāi chē: the meaning, a recording of how it sounds, the characters stroke by stroke and examples.
How to pronounce it
开车 is read kāi chē: 2 syllables. The tone is part of the word: with another melody you get another word, or just a jumble of sounds.
How to write it
Strokes go in order: top to bottom and left to right, horizontal before vertical. Tap a character to open its page, with the strokes shown large and the words it appears in. To train your hand, print a handwriting sheet for “开车”.
Examples
Sentences from the course lessons with 开车. Tap the sound icon to listen.
- 你会开车吗nǐhuìkāichēmaCan you drive?
- 开车要注意行人kāichēyàozhùyìxíngrénWhen driving, watch out for pedestrians.
- 你怎么不开车去？nǐzěnmebùkāichēqùWhy don't you drive there?
- 开车的时候要系2好安全带kāichēdeshíhouyàojìhǎoānquándàiWhen you drive, you need to buckle up.
- 开车是一种很有用的技能kāichēshìyìzhǒnghěnyǒuyòngdejìnéngDriving is a very useful skill.
- 他放着地铁不坐，一定要开车去。tāfàngzhedìtiěbúzuò,yídìngyàokāichēqùHe's got the metro right there, and yet he insists on driving.
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Frequently asked questions
How do you say “drive a car” in Chinese?
“Drive a car” in Chinese is 开车, pinyin kāichē.
What does 开车 mean?
开车 (kāichē) means “drive a car”.
How do you write 开车?
开车 is 2 characters: 开 (kāi) — open; drive; 车 (chē) — cart, car. The stroke order of each one is shown step by step on this page.
How do you pronounce 开车?
开车 is read kāichē. Tones: kāi — first tone, chē — first tone. The page has an audio recording.
“drive a car” in the lesson “How are we getting there?”
This word is from the topic “Around the city” of HSK 1. In the lesson you hear it in a dialogue, build a sentence with it and say it out loud. Start for free, no sign-up needed.
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