驱动 meaning in English

qūdòng

to drive; to propel

HSK 7-9verbTraditional 驅動13 strokes

Meaning of 驱动

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

qūdòng
  1. to drive
  2. to propel
  3. drive (vehicle wheel)
  4. drive mechanism (tape or disk)
  5. device driver (computing software)

驱动 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

不bú是shì所suǒ有yǒu的de临lín床chuáng研yán究jiū都dōu是shì假jiǎ设shè驱qū动dòng的de。
Not all clinical studies are hypothesis-driven.
这zhè辆liàng车chē靠kào天tiān然rán气qì驱qū动dòng。
This car runs on natural gas.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

驱 qū · to spur a horse on · 7 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7

动 dòng · to move · 6 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6

Related words

Words that share a character with 驱动.

动作dòngzuòmovement; motion; action; to act; to move
行动xíngdòngoperation; action
动物dòngwùanimal
活动huódòngto exercise; to move about; to work out; shaky; unsteady; loose (tooth etc)
运动yùndòngto move; to exercise
感动gǎndòngto move (sb); to touch (sb emotionally)
动物园dòngwùyuánzoo
发动fādòngto start; to launch
自动zìdòngautomatic; voluntarily
主动zhǔdòngto take the initiative; to do sth of one's own accord
动力dònglìmotive power; (fig.) motivation; impetus
推动tuīdòngto push (e.g. for acceptance of a plan); to promote; to give impetus to

Questions about 驱动

What does 驱动 mean?

驱动 (qūdòng) means "to drive; to propel" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 驱动?

驱动 is made of 2 characters: 驱 (7 strokes), 动 (6 strokes). That is 13 strokes in total.

Is 驱动 an HSK word?

Yes. 驱动 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 驱动 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 驱动 is written 驅動.