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公共汽车

Traditional: 公共汽車

gōng gòng qì chē

HSK 3.0 · 2HSK 2.0 · 2

Yue Tan · University of Caen; © 2009 Yue Tan. MP3 preparation: Hugo Lopez / audio-cmn · CC BY-SA 3.0 US

gōng gòng qì chē · gung1 gung6 hei3 ce1 (Jyutping)

bus
CL:輛|辆[liang4],班[ban1]

Definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · snapshot 2026-10-09. Display: consolidated readings, linked characters and marked pinyin. Original data

Character breakdown

公

Meaning: fair, equitable; public; duke
Radical: 八
Strokes: 4
Components: ⿱八厶
Cangjie: CI
Four-corner: 8073.2

共

Meaning: together with, all, total; to share
Radical: 八
Strokes: 6
Components: ⿳廾一八
Cangjie: TC
Four-corner: 4480.1

汽

Meaning: steam, vapor, gas
Radical: 氵
Strokes: 7
Components: ⿰氵气
Cangjie: EOMN
Four-corner: 3811.7

车

Meaning: cart, vehicle; carry in cart
Radical: 车
Strokes: 4
Components: ⿻七十
Cangjie: JQ
Four-corner: 4050

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Example sentences

讓我們坐公共汽車去。

Let's go by bus.

CC-BY 2.0 (France) Attribution: tatoeba.org #450028 (CK) & #826293 (Martha) · Tatoeba source · CC BY 2.0 FR

讓我們坐公共汽車去。

Let's take the bus.

CC-BY 2.0 (France) Attribution: tatoeba.org #1357020 (sacredceltic) & #826293 (Martha) · Tatoeba source · CC BY 2.0 FR