motorcycle; motor; engine
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Meanings
2 senses · 5 examplesnoun
motorcycle; motorbike; two- or three-wheeled motor vehicle
Short for 摩托车. In spoken Chinese, 摩托 is the most common way to refer to a motorcycle.
Tā他
qí骑
mó摩
tuō托
qù去
shàng上
bān班
。
He rides a motorcycle to work.
Nà那
liàng辆
hóng红
sè色
mó摩
tuō托
zhēn真
kù酷
。
That red motorcycle is really cool.
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Wǒ我
xǐ喜
huan欢
kāi开
mó摩
tuō的
dōu兜
fēng风
。
I love to ride a motorcycle for fun.
noun
motor; internal combustion engine
technicalTechnical term derived from the transliteration of English 'motor'. Rarely used alone in modern spoken Chinese; usually appears in compound words or technical contexts.
Zhè这
zhǒng种
mó摩
tuō托
shǐ使
yòng用
chái柴
yóu油
zuò作
wéi为
rán燃
liào料
。
This type of motor uses diesel as fuel.
Mó摩
tuō托
xiǎo小
shí时
shì是
héng衡
liáng量
fā发
dòng动
jī机
gōng工
zuò作
shí时
jiān间
de的
dān单
wèi位
。
Motor hours are a unit for measuring engine operating time.