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Chinese symbol for “motel”

汽车旅馆
qì chē lǚ guǎn
Traditional: 汽車旅館
motel

The closest CC-CEDICT match for motel is 汽车旅馆 (qì chē lǚ guǎn), defined as: motel.

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
旅 lǚ
journey, trip; to travel
radical 70 ⽅ · 10 strokes
馆 guǎn
public building; shop, house, establishment
radical 184 ⾷ · 11 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “motel”

WordPinyinMeaning
摩铁 (摩鐵)mó tiě(Tw) (loanword) motel

Related words

Other words that share a character with 汽车旅馆.

WordPinyinMeaning
汽车 (汽車)qì chēcar; automobile
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)
旅游 (旅遊)lǚ yóutrip; journey
博物馆 (博物館)bó wù guǎnmuseum

See also: Japanese symbol for “motel”.

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.