通车

tōng chē

HSK 3.0 Level 7

Definitions

1. to open to traffic (e.g. new bridge, rail line etc)
2. (of a locality) to have a transportation service

Words Containing 通车

• 直通车 zhí tōng chē: \through train\ (refers to the idea of retaining previous legislature after transition to Chinese rule in Hong Kong or Macao)
• 交通车 jiāo tōng chē: shuttle bus
• 普通车 pǔ tōng chē: local train

Child Words of 通车

• 车 chē: car
• 通 tòng: classifier for an activity, taken in its entirety (tirade of abuse, stint of music playing, bout of drinking etc)
• 车 jū: war chariot (archaic)