Chinese Driving and Car Vocabulary and Phrases

This post will cover driving vocabulary and phrases in Chinese.

Chinese Car Vocabulary

• Accelerator pedal 加jiā速sù踏tà板bǎn (jiā​sù tà​bǎn)
• Back seat 后hòu座zuò (hòu​zuò)
• Brake Lights 刹shā车chē灯dēng (shā​chē​dēng)
• Brake pedal 刹shā车chē踏tà板bǎn (shā​chē tà​bǎn)
• Car 汽qì车chē (qì​chē) or more commonly just 车chē (chē)
• Car park 停tíng车chē场chǎng (tíng​chē​chǎng)
• Car service 汽qì车chē服fú务wù (qì​chē fú​wù)
• Car speed 车chē速sù (chē​sù)
• Car window 车chē窗chuāng (chē​chuāng)
• Change lanes 换huàn车chē道dào (huàn chē dào)
• Change oil 换huàn油yóu (huàn yóu)
• Child seat 儿ér童tóng座zuò椅yǐ (ér​tóng zuò​yǐ)
• Clutch pedal 离lí合hé器qì踏tà板bǎn (lí​hé​qì tà​bǎn)
• Car 汽qì车chē (qì​chē) or more commonly just 车chē (chē)
• Drivers side 司sī机jī方fāng位wèi (sī​jī fāng​wèi)
• Engine Oil 机jī油yóu (jī​yóu)
• Fill up with petrol 换huàn油yóu (huàn yóu)
• Flat tyre 爆bào胎tāi (bào tāi)
• Fog light 雾wù灯dēng (wù​dēng)
• Front seat 前qián座zuò (qián zuò)
• Handbrake 手shǒu闸zhá (shǒu​zhá)
• Hazard lights 危wēi险xiǎn警jǐng告gào灯dēng (wēi​xiǎn jǐng​gào dēng)
• Headlight 大dà灯dēng (dà​dēng)
• Indicator / Signal 转zhuǎn向xiàng灯dēng (zhuǎn​xiàng​dēng) or 方fāng向xiàng灯dēng (fāng​xiàng dēng)
• Odometer 里lǐ程chéng表biǎo (lǐ​chéng​biǎo)
• Passenger side 乘chéng客kè座zuò位wèi (chéng​kè zuò​wèi)
• Passenger window 乘chéng客kè位wèi的de窗chuāng户hu (chéng​kè wèi de chuāng​hu)
• Petrol tank 油yóu箱xiāng (yóu​xiāng)
• Reversing 倒dǎo车chē (dǎo​chē)
• Reversing camera 倒dǎo车chē摄shè像xiàng机jī (dǎo​chē shè​xiàng​jī)
• Seat belt 安ān全quán带dài (ān​quán​dài)
• Spare tyre 备bèi用yòng轮lún胎tāi (bèi​yòng lún​tāi)
• Speedometer 速sù度dù计jì (sù​dù​jì)
• Steering Wheel 方fāng向xiàng盘pán (fāng​xiàng​pán)
• Tail light 尾wěi灯dēng (wěi​dēng)
• Traffic lane 车chē道dào (chē​dào)
• Windscreen 挡dǎng风fēng玻bō璃li (dǎng​fēng​bō​li)
• Windscreen wiper 雨yǔ刮guā器qì (yǔ​guā qì)

Chinese Driving Vocabulary

• Ambulance 救jiù护hù车chē (jiù​hù​chē)
• Check the oil 检jiǎn查chá机jī油yóu (jiǎn​chá jī​yóu)
• Drive straight ahead 一yī直zhí往wǎng前qián开kāi (yī​zhí wǎng​qián kāi)
• Fire truck 救jiù火huǒ车chē (jiù​huǒ chē)
• Flat tyre 爆bào胎tāi (bào tāi)
• Parking meter 停tíng车chē计jì时shí器qì (tíng​chē jì​shí​qì)
• Pay the parking 支zhī付fù停tíng车chē费fèi (zhī​fù tíng​chē fèi)
• Police Car 警jǐng车chē (jǐng​chē)
• Police check point 警jǐng察chá检jiǎn查chá站zhàn (jǐng​chá jiǎn​chá​zhàn)
• Rear vision mirror 后hòu视shì镜jìng (hòu​shì​jìng)
• Reverse 倒dǎo车chē (dǎo​chē)
• Speed limit 速sù度dù限xiàn制zhì (sù​dù xiàn​zhì)
• Turn left 转zhuǎn左zuǒ (zhuǎn zuǒ)
• Turn right 转zhuǎn右yòu (zhuǎn yòu)
• Traffic lights 红hóng绿lǜ灯dēng (hóng​lǜ​dēng)

Driving phrases

• Please help me with my seat belt 请qǐng帮bāng我wǒ弄nòng安ān全quán带dài (qǐng bāng wǒ nòng ān​quán​dài)
• Please fasten your seat belt 请qǐng系xì好hǎo安ān全quán带dài (qǐng xì hǎo ān​quán​dài)
• English drive on the left, French on the right 英Yīng国guó人rén行xíng车chē靠kào左zuǒ，,法Fǎ国guó人rén靠kào右yòu (Yīng​guó​rén xíng​chē kào zuǒ, Fǎ​guó​rén kào yòu)
• Our car has a flat tyre 我wǒ们men的de车chē爆bào胎tāi了le (wǒ​men de chē bào tāi le)
• Can you drive a bit faster? I’m in a hurry 您nín能néng开kāi快kuài点diǎn儿r吗ma？?我wǒ赶gǎn时shí间jiān (nín néng kāi kuài​diǎn​r ma? wǒ gǎn shí​jiān)
• Please slow down 请qǐng慢màn点diǎn开kāi (qǐng màn diǎn kāi)
• We’re running out of petrol 我wǒ们men的de汽qì油yóu要yào用yòng完wán了le (wǒ​men de qì​yóu yào yòng wán le)
• Drive carefully 开kāi车chē小xiǎo心xīn点diǎn (kāi​chē xiǎo​xīn diǎn)
• We have a flat tyre 我wǒ们men有yǒu一yī个gè轮lún胎tāi爆bào了le (wǒ​men yǒu yī gè lún​tāi bào le)
• I’m getting my car serviced 我wǒ在zài检jiǎn修xiū我wǒ的de汽qì车chē (wǒ zài jiǎn​xiū wǒ de qì​chē)
• I need to pay for the parking 我wǒ需xū要yào支zhī付fù停tíng车chē费fèi (wǒ xū​yào zhī​fù tíng​chē fèi)
• Did he turn on his signal 他tā打dǎ转zhuǎn向xiàng灯dēng了le吗ma？? (tā dǎ zhuǎn​xiàng​dēng le ma?)
• Gently push the clutch (pedal) 轻qīng轻qīng踩cǎi下xià离lí合hé器qì踏tà板bǎn (qīng​qīng cǎi xià lí​hé​qì tà​bǎn)
• Drive faster 开kāi快kuài点diǎn (kāi kuài​diǎn)
• Drive slower 开kāi慢màn点diǎn (kāi màn diǎn)
• Pull over here 请qǐng在zài这zhè里lǐ靠kào边biān停tíng (qǐng zài zhè​lǐ kào​biān tíng)
• I’m looking for a car park 我wǒ正zhèng在zài找zhǎo停tíng车chē场chǎng (wǒ zhèng​zài zhǎo tíng​chē​chǎng)