公共汽车 meaning and pronunciation

公共汽车
Simplified word
公共汽車
Traditional word

公共汽车 English definition

gōng gòng qì chē
  • bus
  • CL:辆[liang4] ,班[ban1]

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Characters

  • 公 (gōng): public; collectively owned; common; international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar); make public; fair; just; Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4]; honorable (gentlemen); father-in-law; male (animal);
  • 共 (gòng): common; general; to share; together; total; altogether; abbr. for 共產黨|共产党[Gong4 chan3 dang3], Communist party;
  • 汽 (qì): steam; vapor;
  • 车 (chē): car; vehicle; CL:辆[liang4]; machine; to shape with a lathe;

Sentences examples with 公共汽车

  • 坐公共汽车去上班。
    Zuò gōnggòng qìchē qù shàngbān.
  • 坐公共汽车去，要 20 分钟。
    Zuò gōnggòng qìchē qù, yào 20 fēnzhōng.
  • 我们可以坐 10路公共汽车去。
    Wǒmen kěyǐ zuò 10 lù gōnggòng qìchē qù.
  • 你是开车去还是坐公共汽车去？
    Nǐ shì kāichē qù háishì zuò gōnggòng qìchē qù?