HSK 3.0 · LEVEL 1
车上
Inside a car / On a vehicle / Aboard a bus or train
Free Chinese vocabulary flashcard · HSK 1
Why does 车上 look like this?
This is a compound phrase. 1. 车 (chē) represents a cart or carriage, originally drawn to look like a vehicle from above with two wheels and an axle. 2. 上 (shàng) is an indicator character showing a horizontal line with a vertical stroke pointing upwards, meaning "up" or "above". Together, they literally mean "vehicle + on".