开车/開車 kāi chē — to drive a car

Meanings

1. 1

   to drive a car

   to drive a car

   verb

Character breakdown

• 开/開

  kāi (first tone, high and level)

  to open; to turn on, to switch on; to start, to begin; to drive (a vehicle); to hold (a meeting)

  4 strokesRadical 廾
• 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

Words containing 开

• 开/開kāi (first tone, high and level)to open
• 开始/開始kāishǐ (first tone, high and level)to begin, to start
• 离开/離開líkāi (second tone, rising)to leave, to depart from
• 打开/打開dǎ (third tone, dipping) kāi (first tone, high and level)to open
• 公开/公開gōng (first tone, high and level) kāi (first tone, high and level)public
• 开发/開發kāi (first tone, high and level) fā (first tone, high and level)to exploit (a resource)
• 开放/開放kāi (first tone, high and level) fàng (fourth tone, falling)to bloom
• 展开/展開zhǎn (third tone, dipping) kāi (first tone, high and level)to unfold
• 分开/分開fēn (first tone, high and level) kāi (first tone, high and level)to separate
• 开口/開口kāi (first tone, high and level) kǒu (third tone, dipping)to open one's mouth
• 改革开放/改革開放gǎi (third tone, dipping) gé (second tone, rising) kāi (first tone, high and level) fàng (fourth tone, falling)to reform and open to the outside world
• 开玩笑/開玩笑kāi (first tone, high and level) wán (second tone, rising) xiào (fourth tone, falling)to play a joke
• 召开/召開zhào (fourth tone, falling) kāi (first tone, high and level)to convene (a conference or meeting)
• 开会/開會kāi (first tone, high and level) huì (fourth tone, falling)to hold a meeting
• 开通/開通kāi (first tone, high and level) tōng (first tone, high and level)to open (a new road or railway line); to set up (a hotline); to launch (a service); to subscribe to (a members-only service)
• 开工/開工kāi (first tone, high and level) gōng (first tone, high and level)to begin work (of a factory or engineering operation)
• 拉开/拉開lā (first tone, high and level) kāi (first tone, high and level)to pull open

Words containing 车

• 车/車chē (first tone, high and level)car
• 汽车/汽車qì (fourth tone, falling) chē (first tone, high and level)car
• 车上/車上chē (first tone, high and level) shàng (fourth tone, falling)Car
• 自行车/自行車zìxíngchē (fourth tone, falling)bicycle
• 火车/火車huǒ (third tone, dipping) chē (first tone, high and level)train
• 车辆/車輛chē (first tone, high and level) liàng (fourth tone, falling)vehicle
• 停车/停車tíng (second tone, rising) chē (first tone, high and level)to pull up (stop one's vehicle)
• 出租车/出租車chūzūchē (first tone, high and level)taxi, cab
• 公共汽车/公共汽車gōnggòng (first tone, high and level) qìchē (fourth tone, falling)bus
• 火车站/火車站huǒchēzhàn (third tone, dipping)railway station
• 轿车/轎車jiào (fourth tone, falling) chē (first tone, high and level)enclosed carriage for carrying passengers
• 摩托车/摩托車mó (second tone, rising) tuō (first tone, high and level) chē (first tone, high and level)motorbike
• 列车/列車liè (fourth tone, falling) chē (first tone, high and level)(railway) train
• 货车/貨車huò (fourth tone, falling) chē (first tone, high and level)truck
• 车站/車站chē (first tone, high and level) zhàn (fourth tone, falling)rail station
• 车祸/車禍chē (first tone, high and level) huò (fourth tone, falling)traffic accident
• 卡车/卡車kǎ (third tone, dipping) chē (first tone, high and level)truck