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公共汽车公共汽車 gōnggòng qìchē — bus

gōnggòng (first tone, high and level) qìchē (fourth tone, falling)gong1gong4 qi4che1

Traditional: 公共汽車

bus

HSK 2· HSK 1–4 (classic)nounMeasure word 辆
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Meanings

  1. bus

    A public bus, literally "public-shared motor vehicle". Like every vehicle you ride sitting down it takes 坐 — 坐公共汽车 — and in speech people usually shorten it to 公交车 or simply 车.

    noun

Character breakdown

  • 车車
    chē (first tone, high and level) jū (first tone, high and level)

    a wheeled vehicle: cart, car, bicycle, train; a machine turning on a wheel; (jū) the chariot in Chinese chess

    4 strokesRadical 車

Example sentences

  • 我坐公共汽车去上班。我坐公共汽車去上班。Wǒ (third tone, dipping) zuò (fourth tone, falling) gōnggòng (first tone, high and level) qìchē (fourth tone, falling) qù (fourth tone, falling) shàngbān. (fourth tone, falling)···

    I take the bus to work.

  • 从这儿到机场没有公共汽车。從這兒到機場沒有公共汽車。Cóng (second tone, rising) zhèr (fourth tone, falling) dào (fourth tone, falling) jīchǎng (first tone, high and level) méiyǒu (second tone, rising) gōnggòng (first tone, high and level) qìchē. (fourth tone, falling)···

    There is no bus from here to the airport.

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