公共汽车 (gōnggòng qìchē) · bus
公共汽车 (gōnggòng qìchē) means “bus”. It is written with 4 characters: 公 (fair) + 共 (altogether) + 汽 (steam) + 车 (vehicle). It is an HSK 2 word in the 2021 standard.
How 公共汽车 is built
The characters
公 gōng · fair
What 公 is made of
- 八bā — eight
- 厶sī — private
Origin hint: To divide 八 what is private 厶 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
共 gòng · altogether
What 共 is made of
- 廾gǒng — two hands
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 八bā — eight
Origin hint: Two hands 八 holding one object 廾 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
汽 qì · steam
What 汽 is made of
- 氵shuǐ — water
- 气qì — air
- 亻rén — person
Origin hint: Liquid 氵 gas 气; 气 also provides the pronunciation (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
Questions about 公共汽车
What does 公共汽车 mean?
公共汽车 (gōnggòng qìchē) means “bus”.
How do you pronounce 公共汽车?
公共汽车 is pronounced gōnggòng qìchē.
Which HSK level is 公共汽车?
公共汽车 is in HSK 2 (2021) and Old HSK 2.
Related words
- 办公室bàngōngshìoffice
- 公交车gōngjiāochēbus
- 公斤gōngjīnkilogram
- 公里gōnglǐkilometer
- 公路gōnglùroad
- 公平gōngpíngfair
- 公司gōngsīcompany
- 公园gōngyuánpark
- 高速公路gāosù gōnglùexpressway
- 公布gōngbùto announce
It is part of HSK 2 (2021) · Group 32: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.