Chinese symbol for “vehicle”
车辆
chē liàng
Traditional: 車輛
vehicle
The closest CC-CEDICT match for vehicle is 车辆 (chē liàng), defined as: vehicle.
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
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “vehicle”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 车 (車) | chē | car; vehicle |
| 赋形剂 (賦形劑) | fù xíng jì | (pharm.) vehicle; excipient |
| 代步车 (代步車) | dài bù chē | vehicle; (esp.) mobility vehicle (mobility scooter, electric wheelchair, Segway etc) |
| 媒介 | méi jiè | intermediary; vehicle |
| 载具 (載具) | zài jù | conveyance (car, boat, aircraft etc); vehicle; (fig.) medium; platform; vector |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 车辆.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 汽车 (汽車) | qì chē | car; automobile |
| 火车 (火車) | huǒ chē | train; measure word: 列 (liè), 节 (jié), 班 (bān), 趟 (tàng) |
| 开车 (開車) | kāi chē | to drive a car (or train etc); (slang) to post sexual content online; to make a sexual joke |
| 列车 (列車) | liè chē | (railway) train |
| 车站 (車站) | chē zhàn | rail station; bus stop |
| 机动车辆 (機動車輛) | jī dòng chē liàng | motor vehicle |
| 装甲车辆 (裝甲車輛) | zhuāng jiǎ chē liàng | armored vehicles |
See also: Japanese symbol for “vehicle”.
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.