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车 — car; vehicle; machine

car; vehicle; machine; to shape with a lathe; Kangxi radical 159

Pinyin
chē · jū · Chē
Strokes
4
HSK level
HSK 1
Handwriting
recognition only

This character has more than one reading — chē, jū, Chē — and the pronunciation depends on the word it appears in. The list below gives the syllabus reading for each word.

How to write 车: 4 strokes

Each cell adds one stroke to the previous ones, with the new stroke in red. Stroke order is not decoration: it sets the proportions of the character and makes handwriting legible to a reader. The syllabus asks you to recognise this character rather than write it by hand.

车 — 4 strokes, in writing order from left to right.

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Words with 车 in the HSK syllabus: 37

Every word in the official 2026 syllabus that contains this character, with the level it is introduced at. Learning a character pays off through these: each one combines with the characters you already know.

  1. 车chēcar; vehicle; machine; to shape with a latheHSK 1
  2. 出租车chūzūchētaxi; rental carHSK 1
  3. 火车huǒchētrainHSK 1
  4. 开车kāichēto drive a carHSK 1
  5. 车站chēzhànrail station; bus stopHSK 2
  6. 打车dǎchēto take a taxi; to hitch a liftHSK 2
  7. 公交车gōngjiāochēpublic transport vehicle; town busHSK 2
  8. 汽车qìchēcar; automobile; busHSK 3
  9. 自行车zìxíngchēbicycle; bikeHSK 3
  10. 车速chēsùvehicle speedHSK 4
  11. 车位chēwèiparking spot; unloading point; garage placeHSK 4
  12. 电动车diàndòngchēelectric vehicleHSK 4
  13. 动车dòngchēhigh-speed train; power car; multiple-unit trainHSK 4
  14. 堵车dǔchētraffic jam; to get congestedHSK 4
  15. 停车tíngchēto pull up; to park; to stop working; to stallHSK 4
  16. 停车场tíngchēchǎngparking lot; car parkHSK 4
  17. 车祸chēhuòtraffic accident; car crashHSK 5
  18. 车库chēkùgarageHSK 5
  19. 车辆chēliàngvehicleHSK 5
  20. 车厢chēxiāngcarriageHSK 5
  21. 车主chēzhǔvehicle ownerHSK 5
  22. 救护车jiùhùchēambulanceHSK 5
  23. 列车lièchētrainHSK 5
  24. 倒车dǎochēto change buses, trains etcHSK 6
  25. 货车huòchētruck; van; freight wagonHSK 6
  26. 机动车jīdòngchēmotor vehicleHSK 6
  27. 客车kèchēcoach; bus; passenger trainHSK 6
  28. 摩托车mótuōchēmotorbike; motorcycleHSK 6
  29. 刹车shāchēto brake; to stop; to switch off; to check; a brakeHSK 6
  30. 晕车yùnchēto be carsickHSK 6
  31. 车间chējiānworkshopHSK 7–9
  32. 轿车jiàochēenclosed carriage for carrying passengers; sedanHSK 7–9
  33. 卡车kǎchētruckHSK 7–9
  34. 缆车lǎnchēcable carHSK 7–9
  35. 赛车sàichēauto race; cycle race; race carHSK 7–9
  36. 私家车sījiāchēprivate carHSK 7–9
  37. 通车tōngchēto open to traffic; to have a transportation serviceHSK 7–9

Glosses come from CC-CEDICT, used under CC BY-SA 4.0, and are the dictionary’s first sense rather than a translation chosen for context.