HSK 1 · Transport

开车

kāi chē

to drive

Stroke order of 开车

2 characters, 8 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

开 · 4 strokes 车 · 4 strokes

Memory trick

开 opens up, then 车 cart goes: to start the vehicle.

Parts: 开 open (门 gate) + 车 vehicle

The characters in 开车

开 kāi — to open; to drive (4 strokes)
车 chē — vehicle; car (4 strokes)

Example sentence

他每天开车上班。

He drives to work every day.

Words with 开

开会to have a meeting 开to open; to drive 打开to open; to turn on 开玩笑to joke 开学school starts 开机to turn on (a device)开心happy 离开to leave 走开to go away 分开to separate 开业to open for business 推开to push open 公开open; to make public 开始to start; beginning 开发to develop 开放to open; open 开展to carry out; to launch 展开to unfold; to launch

Words with 车

车vehicle; car 汽车car 火车train 打车to take a taxi 上车to get on (a vehicle)下车to get off (a vehicle)车票bus/train ticket 车站station; bus stop 车上in the car; on the bus 火车站train station 车辆vehicle 公共汽车bus 公交车bus 出租车taxi 自行车bicycle 骑车to ride a bike 停车to park; to stop 停车场parking lot

More words: Transport

车vehicle; car 汽车car 火车train 飞机airplane 飞to fly 打车to take a taxi 上车to get on (a vehicle)下车to get off (a vehicle)车票bus/train ticket 机票plane ticket 车站station; bus stop 站station; to stand 机场airport 坐to sit; to travel by 坐下to sit down 车上in the car; on the bus

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