下车
HSK 1 (2021)
下车 (xiàchē) · to get off a vehicle
下车 (xiàchē) means “to get off a vehicle”. It is written with 2 characters: 下 (down) + 车 (vehicle). It is an HSK 1 word in the 2021 standard.
How 下车 is built
The characters
下 xià · down
What 下 is made of
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 卜bo — divination
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 丶 — dot
Origin hint: One stroke under another; compare 上 (above) (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
车 chē · vehicle
What 车 is made of
- 七qī — seven
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 乚 — hook stroke
- 十 — ten
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 丨 — vertical stroke
Origin hint: Simplified form of 車, a cart with two wheels, seen from above (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
我们在这儿下车。Wǒmen zài zhèr xiàchē.We get off here.
你在哪个站下车？Nǐ zài nǎge zhàn xiàchē?Which stop do you get off at?
Questions about 下车
What does 下车 mean?
下车 (xiàchē) means “to get off a vehicle”.
How do you pronounce 下车?
下车 is pronounced xiàchē.
Which HSK level is 下车?
下车 is in HSK 1 (2021).
Related words
- 楼下lóuxiàdownstairs
- 下班xiàbānto finish work
- 下边xiàbianbelow
- 下次xiàcìnext time
- 下课xiàkèto finish class
- 下午xiàwǔafternoon
- 下雨xiàyǔto rain
- 一下儿yīxiàra little while
- 坐下zuòxiato sit down
- 放下fàngxiàto put down
Learn 下车 with its group
It is part of HSK 1 (2021) · Group 46: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.