邮车

郵車
yóuchē
noun #31,698

Measure Word

邮车 liàng

Meanings

  1. 1 mail van
  2. 2 postal truck
  3. 3 mail coach (historical)

Examples

Yóuchē měitiān zǎoshang bā diǎn cóng yóujú chūfā.
The mail truck leaves the post office at eight every morning.
Tā qiǎngjiéle yī liàng yùnsòng xiànjīn de yóuchē.
He robbed a mail van that was transporting cash.

Tips

usage
Covers historical horse-drawn 'mail coaches' (the kind held up in Western films) and modern postal trucks. Related: 邮政 'postal vehicle' (more formal), 邮政列车 (yóuzhèng lièchē) 'mail train', 邮局 (yóujú) 'post office'. The radical-bearing character contains 'town', evoking the postal route between towns.

Stroke Order

yóu
chē