Chinese word

驱动

Pronunciation

Pinyinqū dòng

Meaning

  • verbdrive

Example

电池驱动马达。diàn chí qū dòng mǎ dá

The battery drives the motor.

Illustration for 驱动 (drive)

More examples

资本流动驱动产业链重组。zī běn liú dòng qū dòng chǎn yè liàn chóng zǔ

Capital flows drive the restructuring of industrial chains.

Core concept

Energy, pressure, or purpose turns into continuing action or change.

Common phrases

  • 驱动产业升级qū dòng chǎn yè shēng jí

    drive industrial upgrading

  • 驱动能源转型qū dòng néng yuán zhuǎn xíng

    drive the energy transition

Similar words

推动tuī dòng: Help a plan, activity, or change advance through active effort or support.
促使cù shǐ: Make a result happen by providing a condition or influence that leads to it.
带动dài dòng: Spread movement or change to surrounding people or activities by setting it in motion.
驱使qū shǐ: Make someone carry out an action through commands or strong pressure.

Definition in Chinese

促使事物发生运动或变化，使某物开始或持续朝某方向运行。cù shǐ shì wù fā shēng yùn dòng huò biàn huà shǐ mǒu wù kāi shǐ huò chí xù cháo mǒu fāng xiàng yùn xíng

Word origin

The compound joins 驱 (qū, "push or urge") with 动 (dòng, "move"), linking an urging force with the movement it produces.

Usage tips

  • The word is not limited to physical motion: Chinese also uses it when a reason keeps an activity, plan, or change going.

Other meanings

  • motivationnoun
  • powerverb

Opposites

Related words

  • 驱动因素qū dòng yīn sùdriving factornoun
  • 驱动机制qū dòng jī zhìdriving mechanismnoun

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