开车 (kāi chē)

Character breakdown

• 开 (kāi) · 4 strokes

  Simplified form of 開. Pictograph of two hands (廾) opening the bolt (一) on a door (門). The traditional component 門 was removed for simplification.

• 车 (Chē) · 4 strokes

  Pictograph of a war chariot. The simplified character 车 was adapted from the cursive form of the traditional character 車.

Example sentences

1. 我想开车。 — I want to drive.
2. 贝蒂开车很快。 — Betty drives fast.
3. 他开车，不是吗？ — He drives a car, doesn't he?
4. 汤姆不能开车。 — Tom cannot drive.
5. 我开车送你回家。 — I'll drive you home.

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