HSK 5 · Transport

救护车 jiùhùchē “ambulance” in Chinese

Traditional 救護車

What 救护车 means

  1. ambulance

Measure word 辆 liàng · 一辆救护车 yí liàng jiùhùchē

How to say 救护车

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale救jiù4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale护hù4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale车chē1st tone, high and level

救护车 in a sentence

  1. 我们需要一辆救护车。

    Wǒmen xūyào yí liàng jiùhùchē.

    We need an ambulance.

    Sentence #389819 from Tatoeba

  2. 叫救护车。

    Jiào jiùhùchē.

    Call an ambulance.

    Sentence #333843 from Tatoeba

  3. 挺住。救护车马上就来了。

    Tǐngzhù. Jiùhùchē mǎshàng jiù lái le.

    Hang on. The ambulance will be here any minute.

    Sentence #10618353 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 救护车 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 救 (jiù) with each of its parts in a different colour
救jiùto save
  • 求to seek · qiúSound part
  • 攵tap form of 攴 · pūMeaning part

攵 hints at the meaning (tap); 求 (qiú) hints at the sound. Compare it with jiù.

The character 护 (hù) with each of its parts in a different colour
护hùto protect; to guard
  • 扌hand form of 手 · shǒu
  • 户door · hù

Memory aidPicture a hand 扌 guarding the door 户: to protect.

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 救护车

救 11 strokes · 护 7 strokes · 车 4 strokes

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

Words related to 救护车

Words with 救

救jiù · to rescue补救bǔjiù · to remedy抢救qiǎngjiù · to rescue挽救wǎnjiù · to save救济jiùjì · to give relief to

Words with 护

护照hùzhào · passport保护bǎohù · to protect护士hùshi · nurse爱护àihù · to cherish拥护yōnghù · to support守护shǒuhù · to guard维护wéihù · to safeguard掩护yǎnhù · to cover辩护biànhù · to defend

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公交车gōngjiāochē · public transport vehicle公共汽车gōnggòng qìchē · bus汽车qìchē · car

More words: Everyday Things

作用zuòyòng · effect车厢chēxiāng · carriage海关hǎiguān · customs (i.e. border crossing inspection)驾驶jiàshǐ · to drive卡车kǎchē · truck列车lièchē · train摩托车mótuōchē · motorbike汽油qìyóu · petrol

FAQs

救护车 (jiùhùchē) means “ambulance”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it jiùhùchē: jiù with a 4th tone, then hù with a 4th 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, 救护车 is written 救護車. The pronunciation is the same.
Use 辆 (liàng). For example, one ambulance is 一辆救护车 (yí liàng jiùhùchē).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jiuhuche with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 救护车 from the suggestions. Typing jiuhuche into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
救护车 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.