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

他把货物装进车斗。

Tā bǎ huòwù zhuāng jìn chēdǒu.

He loaded the goods into the truck bed.

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 dòu