有车

有車
yǒuchē
phrase

Meanings

  1. 1 to have a car
  2. 2 to own a car (as a status/lifestyle marker)

Examples

Tā yǒu chē yǒu fáng, shēnghuó bùcuò.
He has a car and a house — life is pretty good.
Yǒu chē yì zú de shēnghuó fāngshì hé yǐqián bù yíyàng le.
The lifestyle of the car-owning class is no longer the same as before.

Tips

culture
有车 often appears as 有车 'the car-owning tribe' in Chinese media — alongside (homeowner) it's a shorthand for urban middle-class status, especially in matchmaking ads.

Stroke Order

yǒu
chē