电单车

電單車

diàndānchē

noun

Measure Word

一辆电单车 liàng

Meanings

1 motorcycle (Cantonese/Southern)
2 electric motorbike

Characters

Examples

他骑电单车上班。

Tā qí diàndānchē shàngbān.

He rides a motorbike to work.

在广州，电单车要挂牌。

Zài Guǎngzhōu, diàndānchē yào guàpái.

In Guangzhou, motorbikes need to be registered.

Tips

culture

The Cantonese/Hong Kong word for motorbike. In the north people say 摩托车 (mótuōchē). Further south 电单车 increasingly refers to electric two-wheelers, blurring with 电动车.

Stroke Order

电 diàn

单 dān

车 chē