开
车

To drive a car in Chinese: 开车 (kāi chē)

kāi chē

to drive a car

HSK 3.0 Level 1Traditional: 開車1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1to drive a car

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车

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ㄎㄞ

kāi

ㄎ/ kㄞ/ ai—/ first tone

ㄔㄜ

chē

ㄔ/ chㄜ/ e—/ first tone

Simplified & traditional

开车

Simplified

開車

Traditional

Example sentences

See 开车 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 我爸爸会开车。

    wǒ bà ba huì kāi chē。

    My dad can drive a car.

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Related words

开

kāi

to open (transitive or intransitive)

车

chē

car

开始

kāi shǐ

to begin

离开

lí kāi

to depart

堵车

dǔ chē

traffic jam

车库

chē kù

garage

车厢

chē xiāng

carriage

公开

gōng kāi

open

卡车

kǎ chē

truck

开发

kāi fā

to exploit (a resource)

开放

kāi fàng

to bloom

开心

kāi xīn

to feel happy

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