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开车

kāi chē
HSK 3.0 Level 1 Verb Common

Definitions

  1. 1. to drive a car

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Word relationships

Antonyms

1 item
走路
zǒu lù

to walk

不驾驶车辆

Related words

2 items
骑车
qí chē

to ride a bike (motorbike or bicycle)

骑自行车或摩托车
坐车
zuò chē

to take the car, bus, train etc

作为乘客

Synonyms

1 item
驾驶
jià shǐ

to pilot (ship, airplane etc)

一般通用

Usage notes

Collocations

Often used with vehicles: 开汽车 (drive a car), 开火车 (drive a train). Also used in 开车去 (drive to).

Common mistakes

Cannot be used with aircraft: say 驾驶飞机, not 开车飞机. Also, don't confuse with 开始 (kāishǐ).

Example Sentences

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他 开车 过于小心，所以很慢。
He drives too cautiously, so he is very slow.
他每天 开车 去上班。
He drives to work every day.
今天路况不好， 开车 小心。
The road conditions are bad today, drive carefully.
这条路很狭窄， 开车 要小心。
This road is very narrow, drive carefully.
这条路很曲折， 开车 要小心。
This road is very winding; drive carefully.

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Words Containing 开车

开车人
kāi chē rén

driver

开车族
kāi chē zú

motorists

Child Words of 开车

车
chē

car

车
jū

war chariot (archaic)

开
kāi

to open