kāi chē
drive; drive a car
我开车去上班。
wǒ kāichē qù shàngbān.
I drive to work.
他开车去学校。
tā kāichē qù xuéxiào.
He drives to school.
她开车去商店。
tā kāichē qù shāngdiàn.
She drives to the store.
驾驶 (jià shǐ)
drive
开车 (kāi chē)
drive
驾车 (jià chē)
drive
停车 (tíngchē)
park
步行 (bùxíng)
walk
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The Chinese word 开车 (kāichē) is composed of two characters: 开 (kāi) and 车 (chē). The character 开 (kāi) means "to open" or "to start", while the character 车 (chē) means "car" or "vehicle". Together, the two characters 开车 (kāichē) literally mean "to open a car" or "to start a car". However, in modern Chinese, the word 开车 (kāichē) is most commonly used to mean "to drive a car".The word 开车 (kāichē) has been used in Chinese for centuries. The earliest known example of the word 开车 (kāichē) being used in its modern sense dates back to the 13th century. In a text from the 13th century, the word 开车 (kāichē) is used to describe a person driving a horse-drawn carriage.Over time, the word 开车 (kāichē) has come to be used more and more frequently to refer to driving a car. Today, the word 开车 (kāichē) is one of the most common words used in Chinese to describe the act of driving a car.
