二手车

二手車

èrshǒuchē

noun HSK 7-9 #22,658

Measure Word

一辆二手车 liàng

Meanings

1 used car; secondhand car

Characters

Literally 'second-hand car.' 二手 (second hand) works just like English and can be applied to anything: 二手房 (used house), 二手书 (used book).

Examples

他买了一辆二手车。

Tā mǎi le yí liàng èrshǒuchē.

He bought a used car.

二手车比新车便宜很多。

Èrshǒuchē bǐ xīnchē piányi hěnduō.

Used cars are much cheaper than new cars.

Tips

usage

二手 literally means 'second hand' and works as a prefix for anything used/pre-owned. 二手烟 (èrshǒu yān) means 'secondhand smoke,' and 二手信息 means secondhand information (i.e. not from the original source).

Stroke Order

二 èr

手 shǒu

车 chē