Meaning of 车主
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
- vehicle owner
How to use 车主
车主 is common in news, insurance, parking notices and traffic rules, where it means the registered owner of a car, motorbike or other vehicle. Example: 请车主尽快把车开走。(Qǐng chēzhǔ jǐnkuài bǎ chē kāi zǒu.) Will the vehicle owner please move the car as soon as possible.
车主 is simply 车 (chē, vehicle) plus 主 (zhǔ, owner or master). The 主 that owns the 车 is the vehicle owner.
Common mistake: Learners often use 车主 to mean the driver, but the owner may not be the person driving. For the driver, say 司机 (sījī) or 驾驶员 (jiàshǐyuán). Also keep the tone of 主 (zhǔ) as third tone. Do not confuse it with 住 (zhù, to live).
Stroke order for each character
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车 chē · car · 4 strokes
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主 zhǔ · owner · 5 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 车主.
| 开车 | kāichē | to drive a car (or train etc); (slang) to post sexual content online; to make a sexual jok |
| 火车 | huǒchē | train |
| 上车 | shàng chē | to get on or into (a bus, train, car etc) |
| 汽车 | qìchē | car; automobile |
| 下车 | xià chē | to get off or out of (a bus, train, car etc) |
| 车上 | chē shang | |
| 车站 | chēzhàn | rail station; bus stop |
| 车票 | chēpiào | ticket for a bus or train |
| 打车 | dǎchē | to take a taxi (in town); to hitch a lift |
| 主人 | zhǔrén | owner; host |
| 主要 | zhǔyào | main; principal; major; primary |
| 停车 | tíngchē | to pull up (stop one's vehicle); to park |
Questions about 车主
What does 车主 mean?
车主 (chēzhǔ) means "vehicle owner" and is used as a noun.
How do you write 车主?
车主 is made of 2 characters: 车 (4 strokes), 主 (5 strokes). That is 9 strokes in total.
Is 车主 an HSK word?
Yes. 车主 is on the HSK 5 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
How is 车主 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 车主 is written 車主.
Can 车主 refer to the owner of a bicycle?
Yes, 车 covers many vehicles, so 车主 can mean the owner of a bike or e-bike. In everyday speech, though, it most often means a car owner.
Are there other words built the same way as 车主?
Yes, 主 is often added to a noun to mean its owner. Examples are 房主 (fángzhǔ, homeowner), 店主 (diànzhǔ, shop owner) and 失主 (shīzhǔ, owner of a lost item).