叉车

叉車

chāchē

noun #32,773

Measure Word

一辆叉车 liàng

Meanings

1 forklift
2 forklift truck
3 pallet jack

Characters

Examples

工人用叉车搬运货物。

Gōngrén yòng chāchē bānyùn huòwù.

The workers move cargo with a forklift.

他有叉车驾驶证。

Tā yǒu chāchē jiàshǐ zhèng.

He has a forklift operator's license.

Tips

memory

叉 (chā) means 'fork' (think a tableware fork or a forked road), and 车 means 'vehicle'. So 叉车 is literally 'fork-vehicle' — a vehicle with forks. Same metaphor as English.

Stroke Order

叉 chā

车 chē