车斗

車斗

chēdǒu

noun #54,511

Measure Word

一个车斗 gè

Meanings

1 truck bed
2 open cargo box (of a truck or pickup)
3 bucket (of a loader); wheelbarrow tray

Characters

bucket; container

Examples

HSK 5

他把货物装进车斗。

Tā bǎ huòwù zhuāng jìn chēdǒu.

He loaded the goods into the truck bed.

HSK 6

三轮车的车斗里坐着两个孩子。

Sānlúnchē de chēdǒu lǐ zuò zhe liǎng gè háizi.

Two children were sitting in the cargo box of the three-wheeler.

Tips

usage

斗 here is the 'bucket/scoop' sense - same character as in 漏斗 'funnel'. 车斗 covers anything from a pickup truck's open bed to the dumping box of a 翻斗车 'dump truck' or the front bucket of a wheel loader.

Stroke Order

车 chē

斗 dǒu