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自行车自行車 zìxíngchē — bicycle

zìxíngchē (fourth tone, falling)zi4xing2che1

Traditional: 自行車

bicycle

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

  1. bicycle

    A bicycle — literally "self-propelled vehicle". You sit astride it, so the verb is 骑 rather than the 坐 used for buses and cars: 骑自行车去学校.

    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

  • 我的自行车是新的。我的自行車是新的。Wǒ (third tone, dipping) de (neutral tone) zìxíngchē (fourth tone, falling) shì (fourth tone, falling) xīn (first tone, high and level) de. (neutral tone)···

    My bicycle is new.

  • 学校旁边有很多自行车。學校旁邊有很多自行車。Xuéxiào (second tone, rising) pángbiān (second tone, rising) yǒu (third tone, dipping) hěn (third tone, dipping) duō (first tone, high and level) zìxíngchē. (fourth tone, falling)···

    There are a lot of bicycles beside the school.

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