Chinese symbol for “van”
厢式车
xiāng shì chē
Traditional: 廂式車
van
The closest CC-CEDICT match for van is 厢式车 (xiāng shì chē), defined as: van.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “van”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 货车 (貨車) | huò chē | truck; van |
| 厢型车 (廂型車) | xiāng xíng chē | van (Tw) |
| 箱型车 (箱型車) | xiāng xíng chē | van (Tw); also written 厢型车 (xiāng xíng chē) |
| 篷车 (篷車) | péng chē | covered truck; caravan |
| 加值型网路 (加值型網路) | jiā zhí xíng wǎng lù | value added network; VAN |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 厢式车.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 车厢 (車廂) | chē xiāng | carriage; 节 (jié) |
| 包厢 (包廂) | bāo xiāng | box (in a theater or concert hall); private room (in a restaurant or karaoke) |
| 一厢情愿 (一廂情願) | yī xiāng qíng yuàn | one's own wishful thinking |
| 厢房 (廂房) | xiāng fáng | wing (of a traditional house); side room |
| 轿厢 (轎廂) | jiào xiāng | elevator car; cable car cabin; gondola (on a Ferris wheel) |
| 方式 | fāng shì | way; method; manner; mode; pattern (of behavior etc); 种 (zhǒng) |
| 正式 | zhèng shì | formal; official |
| 模式 | mó shì | mode; pattern; model |
| 汽车 (汽車) | qì chē | car; automobile |
See also: Japanese symbol for “van”.
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.