开车
HSK 1 (exam 2025)HSK 1 (2021)
开车 (kāichē) · to drive
开车 (kāichē) means “to drive”. It is written with 2 characters: 开 (to open) + 车 (vehicle). It is an HSK 1 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 开车 is built
The characters
开 kāi · to open
What 开 is made of
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 廾gǒng — two hands
Origin hint: Simplified form of 開; hands 廾 lifting the latch 一 of a door (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
我爸爸会开车。Wǒ bàba huì kāichē.My dad can drive.
你开车去吗？Nǐ kāichē qù ma?Are you driving there?
Questions about 开车
What does 开车 mean?
开车 (kāichē) means “to drive”.
How do you pronounce 开车?
开车 is pronounced kāichē.
Which HSK level is 开车?
开车 is in HSK 1 (exam 2025) and HSK 1 (2021).
Related words
- 打开dǎkāito open
- 开会kāihuìto have a meeting
- 开玩笑kāiwánxiàoto joke
- 分开fēnkāito separate
- 开机kāijīto turn on (a phone, computer etc.)
- 开心kāixīnhappy
- 开学kāixuéschool starts
- 离开líkāito leave
- 走开zǒukāito go away
- 公开gōngkāipublic
Learn 开车 with its group
It is part of HSK 1 (2021) · Group 43: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.