车号 meaning in English
vehicle number (license plate number, taxi number, bus number, train car number)
Meaning of 车号
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
- vehicle number (license plate number, taxi number, bus number, train car number)
How to use 车号
车号 refers to the identifying number of a vehicle, such as a license plate, a taxi number, a bus route number, or the car number on a train. It often comes up when reporting a lost item or describing a car. 请记下出租车的车号。(Qǐng jìxià chūzūchē de chēhào.) Please write down the taxi's number.
车 (chē) means vehicle and 号 (hào) means number, so 车号 is simply the vehicle's number. Picture the number painted on a bus or printed on a license plate.
Common mistake: Learners sometimes say 车号 when they mean a train seat or a car model. 车号 is the number on the vehicle, while the model is 车型 (chēxíng). Also keep 号 in the fourth tone, hào, not háo.
Stroke order for each character
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车 chē · car · 4 strokes
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号 hào · to call out · 5 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 车号.
| 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 |
| 信号 | xìnhào | signal |
| 停车 | tíngchē | to pull up (stop one's vehicle); to park |
| 出租车 | chūzūchē | taxi; (Tw) rental car |
Questions about 车号
What does 车号 mean?
车号 (chēhào) means "vehicle number (license plate number, taxi number, bus number, train car number)" and is used as a noun.
How do you write 车号?
车号 is made of 2 characters: 车 (4 strokes), 号 (5 strokes). That is 9 strokes in total.
Is 车号 an HSK word?
Yes. 车号 is on the HSK 6 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
How is 车号 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 车号 is written 車號.
Is 车号 the same as 车牌号?
They overlap. 车牌号 (chēpáihào) specifically means a license plate number. 车号 is broader and can also mean a bus, taxi, or train car number.
How do I ask for a train car number in Chinese?
You can ask 我在几号车厢? (Wǒ zài jǐ hào chēxiāng?) meaning "Which car am I in?" On tickets the car number is usually written with 车, for example 5车 for car 5.