Chinese symbol for “motorcycle”
摩托车
mó tuō chē
Traditional: 摩托車
(loanword) motorbike; motorcycle; 辆 (liàng),部 (bù)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for motorcycle is 摩托车 (mó tuō chē), defined as: (loanword) motorbike; motorcycle; 辆 (liàng),部 (bù).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “motorcycle”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 机车 (機車) | jī chē | locomotive; train engine car; (coll.) motorcycle |
| 机踏车 (機踏車) | jī tà chē | motorcycle (Tw); abbr. for 机器脚踏车 (jī qì jiǎo tà chē) |
| 电驴子 (電驢子) | diàn lǘ zi | (dialect) motorcycle |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 摩托车.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 按摩 | àn mó | massage; to massage |
| 摩擦 | mó cā | friction; rubbing |
| 摩托 | mó tuō | (loanword) motor; (loanword) motorbike; motorcycle (abbr. for 摩托车 (mó tuō chē)) |
| 摩尔 (摩爾) | mó ěr | mole (chemistry) |
| 观摩 (觀摩) | guān mó | to observe and emulate; to study (esp. following sb's example) |
| 委托 (委託) | wěi tuō | to entrust; to trust |
| 拜托 (拜託) | bài tuō | to request sb to do sth; please! |
| 依托 (依託) | yī tuō | to rely on; to depend on |
| 汽车 (汽車) | qì chē | car; automobile |
See also: Japanese symbol for “motorcycle”.
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.