Learn 车
vehicle / car
Recognize 车, know its sound, and learn one way to use it.
When you’re ready, mark this character as completed at the end of the lesson.
A View of Alex
1 min illustrated story · A little help remembering 车
Alex and Lin found two seats together on the train. Alex chose the window. Outside, small gardens gave way to open hills, and he took his phone from his jacket pocket. His tote stayed tucked under his seat.
“There,” Lin said, pointing across him at a narrow river.
Alex waited for a better view between the trees. Just as he raised the phone, the train entered a tunnel. The bright river disappeared before he could press the button.
The window became a dark mirror. Alex could see his own face behind the phone and Lin leaning slightly toward the glass.
He took the photograph anyway.
Lin looked at his screen.
“Nice hills,” she said.
“Very familiar,” Alex replied.
When daylight returned, the river was behind them. Alex lowered the phone and watched a line of washing flutter beside a house.
“Another picture?” Lin asked.
“In a minute.”
He kept the tunnel photograph. It was the only one with both of them in it.
One way to use 车.
车 (traditional 車) means vehicle or car; it is broader than car alone. 火车 (火車), huǒ chē, is the ordinary word for train. Learn that whole word rather than translating its characters separately. This lesson uses the chē reading.
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