倒车
HSK 4 (2021)
倒车 (dǎochē) · to change trains or buses
倒车 (dǎochē) means “to change trains or buses”. It is written with 2 characters: 倒 (to fall) + 车 (vehicle). It is an HSK 4 word in the 2021 standard.
How 倒车 is built
The characters
倒 dǎo · to fall
What 倒 is made of
- 亻rén — person
- 到dào — to go to
- 至zhì — reach
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 厶sī — private
- 土tǔ — earth
- 刂dāo — knife
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 亅 — hook
- 至zhì — reach
Origin hint: 亻 gives the meaning, 到 gives the sound. (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
我们得在北京倒车。Wǒmen děi zài Běijīng dǎochē.We have to change trains in Beijing.
去你家要倒车吗？Qù nǐ jiā yào dǎochē ma?Do I have to change buses to get to your place?
他倒车的时候很小心。Tā dàochē de shíhou hěn xiǎoxīn.He is very careful when he reverses the car.
你会倒车吗？Nǐ huì dàochē ma?Can you reverse a car?
Questions about 倒车
What does 倒车 mean?
倒车 (dǎochē) means “to change trains or buses”.
How do you pronounce 倒车?
倒车 is pronounced dǎochē.
Which HSK level is 倒车?
倒车 is in HSK 4 (2021).
Related words
- 倒闭dǎobìto go bankrupt
- 倒霉dǎoméito have bad luck
- 摔倒shuāidǎoto fall down
- 颠倒diāndǎoto turn upside down
- 倒dǎoto fall
- 车票chēpiàobus or train ticket
- 车上chēshàngon the bus
- 车站chēzhànstation
- 打车dǎchēto take a taxi
- 火车huǒchētrain
Learn 倒车 with its group
It is part of HSK 4 (2021) · Group 69: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.