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私人车道sī rén chē dào

driveway
Definitions
English > Chinese | ||
driveway | ||
1. 名词. 車庫門前的小路,一般用來停車 | ||
Components | ||
私 | sī | |
1. self; personal; private | ||
私人 - personal | ||
私有 - private | ||
2. selfish | ||
自私 - selfish | ||
人 | rén | |
1. usage. In print, 人 may have symmetric legs. However in handwriting, to distinguish from 入, the right leg will be shorter, the shape looking like a ʎ; in 入 the left leg is shorter. | ||
2. man; person; people | ||
3. human being (Homo sapiens) | ||
4. body | ||
5. everybody; everyone | ||
6. physical, psychological or moral quality or condition; character; personality | ||
7. a person associated with a particular identity or trait; -er | ||
8. manpower; worker; employee | ||
车 | chē | |
1. vehicle; car | ||
2. machine; instrument | ||
3. to tailor or sew using a sewing machine | ||
車衫 - to sew clothes with a sewing machine | ||
4. (Cantonese) to drive somebody; to give somebody a ride | ||
你 可 唔 可以 車 我 去 地鐵 站 呀? - Can you drive me to the MTR station? | ||
5. (Sichuanese) to rotate | ||
6. usage. 車 is a collective term for all types of vehicles with wheel(s). Additional morphemes are added in front to specify the type of the vehicle. For example: | ||
汽車 - car | ||
火車 - train | ||
自行車 - bicycle | ||
嬰兒車 - pram | ||
7. (Chinese chess) chariot; rook | ||
道 | dào | |
1. way, path, road | ||
道路 - road | ||
2. (historical) a circuit: an administrative division of late imperial China comprising 2 or more commanderies | ||
3. method, principle | ||
4. (philosophy) the Way, the Tao, the Dao: the way of nature and/or the ideal way to live one's life | ||
5. doctrine, teachings (of a religion) | ||
傳道 - to preach | ||
6. to say, to utter | ||
能說會道 - can talk really well idiom | ||
7. (Classifier for long things.) | ||
一道 閃電 - a lightning | ||
一道 河 - a river | ||
一道 縫 - a crack | ||
一 道 彩虹 - a rainbow | ||
8. (Classifier for barriers.) | ||
一道 籬笆 - a fence | ||
9. (Classifier for courses in a meal.) dish | ||
一 道 菜 - a dish of food | ||
10. (Classifier for questions (in an exam).) | ||
11. (Classifier for order, proclamation.) | ||
一 道 公文 - a proclamation | ||
一 道 命令 - an order | ||
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sī rén chē dào
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