自行车 zìxíngchē in a sentence
Bicycle (bike - bikes - cycling)
自行车 (zìxíngchē) means Bicycle (bike - bikes - cycling). Below are 15 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
他骑 自行车 去学校。
Tā qí zìxíngchē qù xuéxiào.
He rides his bicycle to school.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 自行车
他会维修 自行车 。
Tā huì wéixiū zìxíngchē.
He knows how to repair bicycles.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 维修
门口有一辆 自行车 。
Ménkǒu yǒu yí liàng zìxíngchē.
There is a bicycle at the gate.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 辆
马跑得比 自行车 快。
Mǎ pǎo de bǐ zìxíngchē kuài.
A horse runs faster than a bicycle.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 马
他的 自行车 又旧又慢。
Tā de zìxíngchē yòu jiù yòu màn.
His bicycle is both old and slow.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 旧
我每天骑 自行车 上班。
Wǒ měi tiān qí zìxíngchē shàngbān.
I ride my bike to work every day.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 骑
风太大， 自行车 倒了。
Fēng tài dà, zìxíngchē dǎo le.
The wind was too strong and the bicycle fell over.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 倒
他推着 自行车 慢慢走。
Tā tuī zhe zìxíngchē mànmàn zǒu.
He walked slowly, pushing his bicycle.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 推
我的 自行车 需要修理。
Wǒ de zìxíngchē xūyào xiūlǐ.
My bicycle needs repairing.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 修理
他换了一辆崭新的 自行车 。
Tā huàn le yí liàng zhǎnxīn de zìxíngchē.
He got a brand-new bicycle.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 崭新
他用力蹬了几下， 自行车 才动起来。
Tā yònglì dēng le jǐ xià, zìxíngchē cái dòng qǐlái.
He pushed hard on the pedals a few times before the bike began to move.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 蹬
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From the graded readers
我八岁那年，爸爸买了一辆小 自行车 给我。
wǒ bā suì nà / nèi nián, bàba mǎile yī liàng xiǎo zìxíngchē gěi wǒ.
The year I was eight, my dad bought me a small bicycle.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Learning to Ride a Bike
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Questions about 自行车
How is 自行车 used in a sentence?
This page shows 15 sentences using 自行车 (zìxíngchē, "Bicycle (bike - bikes - cycling)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Is 自行车 an HSK word?
Yes — 自行车 is on the official HSK 3 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 3 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 自行车?
The dictionary page for 自行车 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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