上坡起步

shàngpōqǐbù

phrase

Meanings

1 hill start
2 starting a car on an uphill slope (driving test item)

Characters

Examples

上坡起步最容易熄火。

Shàngpō qǐbù zuì róngyì xīhuǒ.

Hill starts are when you're most likely to stall the engine.

教练教了我半坡起步的技巧。

Jiàoliàn jiāo le wǒ bànpō qǐbù de jìqiǎo.

The instructor taught me hill-start technique.

Tips

culture

A standard item in 科目二 (Subject Two) of the Chinese driving test, often called 半坡起步 ('half-slope start'). You must stop the car on a slope within 30cm of the curb, then pull away without rolling back more than 30cm — a clutch-control nightmare for first-timers on manual cars.

Stroke Order

上 shàng

坡 pō

起 qǐ

步 bù