卡车
Old HSK 5
卡车 (kǎchē) · truck
卡车 (kǎchē) means “truck; lorry”. It is written with 2 characters: 卡 (card) + 车 (vehicle). It is an old HSK 5 word (HSK 2.0).
How 卡车 is built
The characters
卡 kǎ · card
What 卡 is made of
- 上shàng — above
- ⺊ — structural part
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- ⺊ — structural part
- 卜bo — divination
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 丶 — dot
Origin hint: A card squeezed between 上 and 下 (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
一辆卡车停在门口。Yī liàng kǎchē tíng zài ménkǒu.A truck is parked at the door.
他是卡车司机。Tā shì kǎchē sījī.He is a truck driver.
Questions about 卡车
What does 卡车 mean?
卡车 (kǎchē) means “truck; lorry”.
How do you pronounce 卡车?
卡车 is pronounced kǎchē.
Which HSK level is 卡车?
卡车 is in Old HSK 5.
Related words
- 信用卡xìnyòngkǎcredit card
- 银行卡yínhángkǎbank card
- 卡通kǎtōngcartoon
- 卡kǎcard
- 车票chēpiàobus or train ticket
- 车上chēshàngon the bus
- 车站chēzhànstation
- 打车dǎchēto take a taxi
- 火车huǒchētrain
- 开车kāichēto drive
Learn 卡车 with its group
It is part of Old HSK 5 · Group 55: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.