DICTIONARY
The Chinese word dianche - 电车 - diànchē
(trolley bus in Chinese)
Phonetic script (Hanyu Pinyin)
diànchē
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English translations
trolley bus,
tram, streetcar
Chinese characters:
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电车 ( dianche / diànchē ) in traditional characters
電車
Chinese Pinyin example sentence with 电车 ( dianche / diànchē ) ⓘWriting in Pinyin
Before using this Pinyin example sentence, consider that Chinese characters should always be your first choice in written communication.
If you cannot use Chinese characters, it is preferable to use the Pinyin with tones. Only use the Pinyin without tones if there's no other option (e.g. writing a text message from/to a mobile phone that doesn't support special characters such as ā, í, ǒ, ù).
Before using this Pinyin example sentence, consider that Chinese characters should always be your first choice in written communication.
If you cannot use Chinese characters, it is preferable to use the Pinyin with tones. Only use the Pinyin without tones if there's no other option (e.g. writing a text message from/to a mobile phone that doesn't support special characters such as ā, í, ǒ, ù).
Wo meitian zuo dianche shangban.
Wǒ měitiān zuò diànchē shàngbān.– English translation: I take the tram to work every day.
Tags and additional information
(Meaning of individual characters, character components etc.)
electric | vehicle
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