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開車

drive

Character Composition

Characters

Pinyin

kai1che1 • kāichē

Meaning

Primary

drive

Alternatives

drive a car, driving

Mnemonic

When you 開 open a 車 car to get into it, it is because you want to 開車 drive the car. So you 開 open up the engine of the 車 car to start 開車 driving it.

Usage

你 開車 去 工作 嗎？

Do you drive to work?

他 會 開車。

He knows how to drive.