car in Chinese

How to write 汽车

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汽车 is listed in the official HSK vocabulary at HSK 3. An intermediate band: enough vocabulary for everyday conversation and travel.

汽车 in a sentence

• 我wǒ有yǒu一yī辆liàng汽qì车chē。

  I have a car.

• 他tā开kāi汽qì车chē上shàng班bān。

  He drives to work.

• 这zhè辆liàng汽qì车chē是shì蓝lán色sè的de。

  This car is blue.

汽车 vs 车 vs 出租车

Similar and easily confused words, and how they differ.

• 车 chē car; vehicle

  The single-character everyday word — 开车 'drive', 上车 'get in'. 汽车 is the full formal noun 'automobile'.

• 出租车 chū zū chē taxi

  A hired car — 打车 'take a taxi'. 汽车 is the general word for 'car'.