引擎

Phono-semantic matching of English engine. First entered Chinese through Shanghainese. Entered Taiwanese Hakka and Min Nan via Japanese エンジン (enjin).

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引擎

1. engine (mechanical device or part of a car)

   引擎故障  ―  yǐnqíng gùzhàng  ―  engine failure

2. (computing) engine (software or hardware system responsible for a specific task)
3. (Taiwanese Hokkien and Hakka) motorcycle

   • 適彼暗晡下班，騎著五十引擎。 [Sixian Hakka, trad.]
     适彼暗晡下班，骑着五十引擎。 [Sixian Hakka, simp.]

     From: 2004, 生祥與瓦窯坑3, 古錐仔 [Old Davie] (lyrics)

     Ke-pî-am-pû hâ-pân, khì-nún ńg-sṳ̍p ên-chín. [Pha̍k-fa-sṳ]

     After getting off work that night, [you] rode a 50[cc] motorcycle.

• (engine):

• (motorcycle):

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