HSK 6 · Verbs

奔驰 bēnchí “to speed” in Chinese

Traditional 奔馳

What 奔驰 means

  1. to speed
  2. to gallop
  3. Mercedes-Benz
  4. to run quickly

How to say 奔驰

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale奔bēn1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale驰chí2nd tone, rising

奔驰 in a sentence

  1. 火车在草原上奔驰。

    Huǒchē zài cǎoyuán shàng bēnchí.

    The train sped across the grassland.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 几匹马在草地上奔驰。

    Jǐ pǐ mǎ zài cǎodì shàng bēnchí.

    A few horses galloped across the meadow.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 奔驰 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 奔 (bēn) with each of its parts in a different colour
奔bēnto hurry
  • 大big · dà
  • 卉general term for plants · huì
The character 驰 (chí) with each of its parts in a different colour
驰chíto run fast
  • 马horse · mǎMeaning part
  • 也also · yěSound part

马 hints at the meaning (horse); 也 (yě) hints at the sound. Compare it with chí.

How to write 奔驰

奔 8 strokes · 驰 6 strokes

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

Words related to 奔驰

Words with 奔

奔波bēnbō · to rush about

More words: Common Verbs

包围bāowéi · to surround爆炸bàozhà · to explode背叛bèipàn · to betray奔波bēnbō · to rush about蹦bèng · to jump迸发bèngfā · to burst out崩溃bēngkuì · to collapse遍布biànbù · to be found everywhere

FAQs

奔驰 (bēnchí) means “to speed” or “to gallop”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it bēnchí: bēn with a 1st tone, then chí with a 2nd 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, 奔驰 is written 奔馳. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type benchi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 奔驰 from the suggestions. Typing benchi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
奔驰 is an HSK 6 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.