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

HSK 4
Yóuchē měitiān zǎoshang bā diǎn cóng yóujú chūfā.
The mail truck leaves the post office at eight every morning.
HSK 7-9
Tā qiǎngjié le 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: 邮政车 'postal vehicle' (more formal), 邮政列车 'mail train', 邮局 'post office'. The radical-bearing character contains 'town', evoking the postal route between towns.

Stroke Order

yóu
chē