公
车

Bus in Chinese: 公车 (gōng chē)

gōng chē

bus

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 公車1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1bus
  2. 2abbr. for 公共汽车
  3. 3car belonging to an organization and used by its members (government car, police car, company car etc)
  4. 4abbr. for 公务用车

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公
车

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ㄍㄨㄥ

gōng

ㄍ/ gㄨ/ uㄥ/ eng—/ first tone

ㄔㄜ

chē

ㄔ/ chㄜ/ e—/ first tone

Simplified & traditional

公车

Simplified

公車

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 我每天坐公车去上班。

    wǒ měi tiān zuò gōng chē qù shàng bān。

    I take the bus to work every day.

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Related words

车

chē

car

公

gōng

public

公斤

gōng jīn

kilogram (kg)

公司

gōng sī

company

公园

gōng yuán

park (for public recreation)

堵车

dǔ chē

traffic jam

公里

gōng lǐ

kilometer

车库

chē kù

garage

车厢

chē xiāng

carriage

公布

gōng bù

to announce

公开

gōng kāi

open

公平

gōng píng

fair

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