倒车

倒車
dàochē / dǎochē
verb #13,235

Meanings

  1. 1 to reverse (a vehicle)
  2. 2 to back up (a car)

Examples

HSK 5
正在倒车入库
Tā zhèngzài dàochē rùkù.
He is reversing into the parking space.
HSK 5
Dàochē de shíhou yào zhùyì hòumiàn de xíngrén.
Watch out for pedestrians behind you when you reverse.
HSK 7-9
Zhè liàng xīn chē yǒu dàochē yǐngxiàng.
This new car has a reversing camera.

Tips

mistakes
Same two characters as 倒车, to change buses, but that word takes a third tone. Backing a vehicle up is the fourth tone, 倒车, with the same as in 倒退, to move backwards.
usage
Standard in anything to do with driving: 倒车影像 is a reversing camera, 倒车雷达 a parking sensor, and 倒车入库 the reverse parking item on the driving test.

Stroke Order

dǎo
chē