HSK 5 · Transport

摩托车 mótuōchē “motorbike” in Chinese

Traditional 摩托車

What 摩托车 means

  1. motorbike
  2. motorcycle

Measure word 辆 liàng or 部 bù · 一辆摩托车 yí liàng mótuōchē

How to say 摩托车

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale摩mó2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale托tuō1st 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

摩托车 in a sentence

  1. 她骑摩托车的技术不错！

    Tā qí mótuōchē de jìshù búcuò!

    She’s a good motorbike rider!

    Sentence #1235599 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 我打算给自己买辆摩托车。

    Wǒ dǎsuàn gěi zìjǐ mǎi liàng mótuōchē.

    I’m going to buy myself a motorbike.

    Sentence #13751719 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 开摩托车不戴头盔是很危险的。

    Kāi mótuōchē bú dài tóukuī shì hěn wēixiǎn de.

    It’s dangerous to ride a motorbike without a helmet.

    Sentence #484168 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 摩托车 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 摩 (mó) with each of its parts in a different colour
摩móto rub
  • 麻hemp · máSound part
  • 手hand · shǒuMeaning part

手 hints at the meaning (hand); 麻 (má) hints at the sound. Compare it with mó.

The character 托 (tuō) with each of its parts in a different colour
托tuōto hold up in one’s hand
  • 扌hand form of 手 · shǒu
  • 乇to depend on · zhé
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 摩托车

摩 15 strokes · 托 6 strokes · 车 4 strokes

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

Words related to 摩托车

Words with 摩

按摩ànmó · massage摩擦mócā · friction

Words with 托

拜托bàituō · to ask a favour衬托chèntuō · to set off依托yītuō · to rely on寄托jìtuō · to place (hopes) on委托wěituō · to entrust托运tuōyùn · to check in (luggage)

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

驾驶jiàshǐ · to drive救护车jiùhùchē · ambulance卡车kǎchē · truck列车lièchē · train汽油qìyóu · petrol时差shíchā · time difference行人xíngrén · pedestrian长途chángtú · long distance

FAQs

摩托车 (mótuōchē) means “motorbike” or “motorcycle”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it mótuōchē: mó with a 2nd tone, then tuō 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, 摩托车 is written 摩托車. The pronunciation is the same.
Use 辆 (liàng) or 部 (bù). For example, one motorbike is 一辆摩托车 (yí liàng mótuōchē).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type motuoche with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 摩托车 from the suggestions. Typing motuoche into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
摩托车 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.