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公交车 (gōng jiāo chē): meaning and stroke order

公交车 (gōng jiāo chē) means public transport vehicle, town bus, 辆.

公交车

Simplified
公交车
Traditional
公交車
Pinyin
gōng jiāo chē

Stroke order of 公交车

公

  • gōng public; collectively owned
  • 4 strokes

Stroke by stroke

交

  • jiāo to hand over; to deliver; to pay (money); to turn over; to make friends
  • 6 strokes

Stroke by stroke

车

  • Chē surname Che
  • chē car; vehicle
  • jū war chariot (archaic); rook (in Chinese chess)
  • 4 strokes
  • Traditional form: 車

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 公交车

  1. gōng jiāo chē Traditional 公交車
    • public transport vehicle
    • town bus
    • CL:輛|辆[liang4]

Radicals of the characters

公
Radical 八 (Kangxi radical 12) · 4 strokes · 八 on top, 厶 below
交
Radical 亠 (Kangxi radical 8) · 6 strokes · 亠 on top, 父 below
车
Radical 车 (Kangxi radical 159) in its simplified form · 4 strokes

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

公交车 in our stories

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  • 挪威人礼貌而安静，公交车上宁可站着，也不愿意坐到陌生人旁边。

    Nuówēi rén lǐmào ér ānjìng gōngjiāochē shàng nìngkě zhàn zhe yě bù yuànyì zuò dào mòshēngrén pángbiān

    Norwegians were polite and quiet; on the bus they would rather stand than sit next to a stranger.

    From the story Two homes HSK 7–9 · Level 7

Stories using 公交车

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).