“Car” in Japanese, Chinese and 18 more languages
In Japanese, “car” is 車 (kuruma). In Chinese it is 汽车 (qì chē).
Japanese
車
くるま · kuruma
その車は赤いです。
The car is red.
Chinese (Simplified)
汽车
qì chē
这辆汽车是红色的。
The car is red.
Chinese counts it with the measure word 辆: 一辆汽车 means “one car”.
“Car” in 20 languages
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| Language | Word | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | 車 くるま · kuruma | その車は赤いです。 |
| English | car /kɑːr/ | The car is red. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 汽车 qì chē | 这辆汽车是红色的。 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 汽車 qì chē | 這輛汽車是紅色的。 |
| Korean | 자동차 | 그 자동차는 빨간색이에요. |
| Spanish | coche | El coche es rojo. |
| French | voiture | La voiture est rouge. |
| German | Auto | Das Auto ist rot. |
| Italian | macchina | La macchina è rossa. |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | carro | O carro é vermelho. |
| Russian | машина | Машина красная. |
| Arabic | سيارة | السيارة حمراء. |
| Hindi | कार | कार लाल है। |
| Indonesian | mobil | Mobil itu merah. |
| Vietnamese | ô tô | Chiếc ô tô màu đỏ. |
| Thai | รถยนต์ | รถยนต์คันนั้นสีแดง |
| Turkish | araba | Araba kırmızı. |
| Dutch | auto | De auto is rood. |
| Swedish | bil | Bilen är röd. |
| Polish | samochód | Samochód jest czerwony. |