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Chinese symbol for “automobile”

汽车
qì chē
Traditional: 汽車
car; automobile; bus; 辆 (liàng)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for automobile is 汽车 (qì chē), defined as: car; automobile; bus; 辆 (liàng).

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

汽 qì
gasoline; steam, vapor
radical 85 ⽔ · 7 strokes
车 chē
cart, vehicle; to move in a cart
radical 159 ⾞ · 4 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “automobile”

WordPinyinMeaning
自动车 (自動車)zì dòng chēautomobile

Related words

Other words that share a character with 汽车.

WordPinyinMeaning
汽油qì yóugasoline
蒸汽zhēng qìsteam
汽水qì shuǐsoda pop; carbonated soft drink
公共汽车 (公共汽車)gōng gòng qì chēbus; 辆 (liàng),班 (bān)
汽车站 (汽車站)qì chē zhànbus stop; bus station
车辆 (車輛)chē liàngvehicle
火车 (火車)huǒ chētrain; measure word: 列 (liè), 节 (jié), 班 (bān), 趟 (tàng)
开车 (開車)kāi chēto drive a car (or train etc); (slang) to post sexual content online; to make a sexual joke

See also: Japanese symbol for “automobile”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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