HSK 3 · Transport

辆 liàng “mw for vehicles” in Chinese

Traditional 輛

What 辆 means

  1. mw for vehicles
  2. classifier for vehicles

How to say 辆

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale辆liàng4th tone, falling

辆 in a sentence

  1. 这辆自行车是谁的？

    Zhè liàng zìxíngchē shì shéi de?

    Whose bike is this?

    Sentence #334531 from Tatoeba

  2. 我有两辆车。

    Wǒ yǒu liǎng liàng chē.

    I have two cars.

    Sentence #411702 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 你要不要我们给你叫辆出租车？

    Nǐ yào bu yào wǒmen gěi nǐ jiào liàng chūzūchē?

    Would you like us to call you a taxi?

    Sentence #2254253 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 辆 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 辆 (liàng) with each of its parts in a different colour
辆liàngclassifier for vehicles
  • 车cart · chē
  • 两two · liǎng

How to write 辆

辆 11 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

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

Words related to 辆

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FAQs

辆 (liàng) means “mw for vehicles” or “classifier for vehicles”. It is an HSK 3 word.
Say it liàng: liàng with a 4th 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, 辆 is written 輛. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type liang with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 辆 from the suggestions. Typing liang into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
辆 is an HSK 3 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.