Meaning of 上车
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
- to get on or into (a bus, train, car etc)
How to use 上车
Use 上车 for getting on or into any vehicle, such as a bus, train, taxi, or car. The opposite is 下车 (xià chē), to get off. Example: 快上车吧。(Kuài shàng chē ba.) Hurry up and get in the car.
上 (shàng) means up, and 车 (chē) means vehicle, so 上车 is simply going up into a vehicle. Picture yourself stepping up onto the high step of a bus.
Common mistake: Learners often say 进车 (jìn chē) for getting into a car, but Chinese uses 上车 even for small cars. Also do not mix it up with 开车 (kāichē), which means to drive, not to get in.
上车 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
Stroke order for each character
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上 shàng · up · 3 strokes
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车 chē · car · 4 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 上车.
| 马上 | mǎshàng | at once; right away |
| 晚上 | wǎnshang | evening; night |
| 身上 | shēnshang | on the body; at hand |
| 早上 | zǎoshang | early morning |
| 开车 | kāichē | to drive a car (or train etc); (slang) to post sexual content online; to make a sexual jok |
| 上次 | shàng cì | last time |
| 路上 | lùshang | on the road; on the way; en route |
| 上班 | shàngbān | to go to work; to be on duty |
| 火车 | huǒchē | train |
| 汽车 | qìchē | car; automobile |
| 地上 | dìshang | on the ground; on the floor |
| 下车 | xià chē | to get off or out of (a bus, train, car etc) |
Questions about 上车
What does 上车 mean?
上车 (shàng chē) means "to get on or into (a bus, train, car etc)".
How do you write 上车?
上车 is made of 2 characters: 上 (3 strokes), 车 (4 strokes). That is 7 strokes in total.
Is 上车 an HSK word?
Yes. 上车 is on the HSK 1 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
How is 上车 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 上车 is written 上車.
Can I put a place or vehicle name inside 上车?
Yes. 上车 works like a verb plus object, so you can split it: 上了车 (shàng le chē) means got in the car. To name a vehicle, swap 车 for it, as in 上飞机 (shàng fēijī) to board a plane.
How do I say where someone got on?
Put the place before 上车 with 在 (zài). For example, 我在北京站上车。(Wǒ zài Běijīng Zhàn shàng chē.) I got on at Beijing Station.