How to pronounce gong gong qi che (公共汽车) in Chinese
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公共汽车
gōng gòng qì chē
Characters & meanings
public; male (animal)
together; altogether
steam; vapor (in 汽车 car)
vehicle; car
Common mistake
1-4-4-1: the same syllable gong appears twice with different tones — level gōng then falling gòng — before qì drops and chē levels out. A built-in tone-pair drill.
Example sentence
我坐公共汽车上班。
Wǒ zuò gōnggòng qìchē shàngbān.
I take the bus to work.
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