HSK 5 · Transport

驾驶 jiàshǐ “to drive” in Chinese

Traditional 駕駛

What 驾驶 means

  1. to drive
  2. to pilot (a ship or plane)
  3. to drive (vehicle)
  4. to pilot (ship, aeroplane etc)
  5. driver
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • pilot
  • captain

How to say 驾驶

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale驾jià4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale驶shǐ3rd tone, dipping

驾驶 in a sentence

  1. 我正在学习如何驾驶。

    Wǒ zhèngzài xuéxí rúhé jiàshǐ.

    I’m learning how to drive.

    Sentence #4794091 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  2. 我的父亲会驾驶飞机。

    Wǒ de fùqīn huì jiàshǐ fēijī.

    My father can fly a plane.

    Sentence #850128 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 我的驾驶教练说我应该更有耐心一点。

    Wǒ de jiàshǐ jiàoliàn shuō wǒ yīnggāi gèng yǒu nàixīn yìdiǎn.

    My driving instructor says I should be more patient.

    Sentence #4797633 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

How 驾驶 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 驾 (jià) with each of its parts in a different colour
驾jiàto harness
  • 加to add to · jiāSound part
  • 马horse · mǎMeaning part

马 hints at the meaning (horse); 加 (jiā) hints at the sound. Compare it with jià.

The character 驶 (shǐ) with each of its parts in a different colour
驶shǐto go fast; to speed
  • 马horse · mǎMeaning part
  • 史history · shǐSound part

马 hints at the meaning (horse); 史 (shǐ) hints at the sound. Compare it with shǐ.

How to write 驾驶

驾 8 strokes · 驶 8 strokes

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驾驶 (jiàshǐ) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 驾驶 (jiàshǐ). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 驾驶

Words with 驾

劳驾láojià · excuse me

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FAQs

驾驶 (jiàshǐ) means “to drive” or “to pilot (a ship or plane)”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it jiàshǐ: jià with a 4th tone, then shǐ with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 驾驶 is written 駕駛. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jiashi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 驾驶 from the suggestions. Typing jiashi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
驾驶 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.