HSK 3.0 Level 2 · Places

公交车 gōngjiāochē “public transport vehicle” in Chinese

Traditional 公交車

What 公交车 means

  1. public transport vehicle
  2. town bus

Measure word 辆 liàng · 一辆公交车 yí liàng gōngjiāochē

How to say 公交车

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale公gōng1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale交jiāo1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale车chē1st tone, high and level

公交车 in a sentence

  1. 他把雨伞忘在公交车上了。

    Tā bǎ yǔsǎn wàng zài gōngjiāochē shàng le.

    He left his brolly on the bus.

    Sentence #3341551 from Tatoeba

  2. 我今天早上错过了公交车。

    Wǒ jīntiān zǎoshang cuòguò le gōngjiāochē.

    I missed my bus this morning.

    Sentence #2338711 from Tatoeba

  3. 公交车在这儿停吗？

    Gōngjiāochē zài zhèr tíng ma?

    Does the bus stop here?

    Sentence #10268912 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

How 公交车 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 公 (gōng) with each of its parts in a different colour
公gōngpublic
  • 八eight · bā
  • 厶private · sī

Memory aidAn old explanation: share out 八 what is private 厶, and it becomes public.

The character 交 (jiāo) with each of its parts in a different colour
交jiāoto hand over; to deliver; to pay
  • 六six · liù
  • 乂to govern · yì

Memory aidDrawn from a person with crossed legs: to cross, to hand over.

The character 车 (chē) with each of its parts in a different colour
车chēcar
  • 七seven · qī
  • 十ten · shí

Memory aidSimplified from 車: a cart seen from above, with its axle and two wheels.

How to write 公交车

公 4 strokes · 交 6 strokes · 车 4 strokes

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

Words related to 公交车

Words with 公

公司gōngsī · company公共汽车gōnggòng qìchē · bus公斤gōngjīn · kilogram公园gōngyuán · public park办公室bàngōngshì · office公里gōnglǐ · kilometre高速公路gāosùgōnglù · motorway外公wàigōng · grandpa (mother’s father)公元gōngyuán · CE (Common Era)公寓gōngyù · apartment building

Words with 交

交jiāo · to hand over交流jiāoliú · to exchange交通jiāotōng · traffic交往jiāowǎng · to associate with交换jiāohuàn · to exchange交际jiāojì · social interaction外交wàijiāo · diplomacy打交道dǎjiāodào · to come into contact with交代jiāodài · to explain交涉jiāoshè · to negotiate

Words with 车

车chē · car火车huǒchē · train开车kāichē · to drive a car出租车chūzūchē · taxi车站chēzhàn · rail station打车dǎchē · to take a taxi (in town)火车站huǒchēzhàn · train station公共汽车gōnggòng qìchē · bus汽车qìchē · car自行车zìxíngchē · bike

More words: Places & Getting Around

出来chūlái · to come out出门chūmén · to go out出去chūqù · to go out打车dǎchē · to take a taxi (in town)过来guòlái · to come over回来huílai · to return回去huíqu · to return进来jìnlái · to come in

FAQs

公交车 (gōngjiāochē) means “public transport vehicle” or “town bus”. It is an HSK 3.0 Level 2 word.
Say it gōngjiāochē: gōng with a 1st tone, then jiāo with a 1st tone, then chē with a 1st 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, 公交车 is written 公交車. The pronunciation is the same.
Use 辆 (liàng). For example, one public transport vehicle is 一辆公交车 (yí liàng gōngjiāochē).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type gongjiaoche with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 公交车 from the suggestions. Typing gongjiaoche into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
公交车 is an HSK 3.0 Level 2 word in the official 2021 syllabus, and it is on our HSK 3.0 Band 2 word list. It is not on the older 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.