機車

See also: 机车

Chinese

Etymology 1

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

“motorcycle”: Short for 機器腳踏車／机器脚踏车 (jīqì jiǎotàchē).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jīchē

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄔㄜ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gei¹ ce¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kî-chhâ
Min Nan (Hokkien, POJ): ki-chhia

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jīchē
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄔㄜ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jiche
  - Wade–Giles: chi¹-chʻê¹
  - Yale: jī-chē
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiche
  - Palladius: цзичэ (czičɛ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gei¹ ce¹
  - Yale: gēi chē
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gei¹ tse¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: géi¹ cé¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kei̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰɛː⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kî-chhâ
  - Hakka Romanization System: gi´ ca´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: gi¹ ca¹
  - Sinological IPA: /ki²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰa²⁴/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ki-chhia
  - Tâi-lô: ki-tshia
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kichiaf
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ki⁴⁴⁻²² t͡ɕʰia⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ki³³ t͡ɕʰia³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ki⁴⁴⁻²² t͡ɕʰia⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ki⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡ɕʰia⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ki⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡ɕʰia⁴⁴/

Noun

機車

train engine; locomotive
(Taiwan) scooter; motorcycle

Synonyms

(train engine): 火車頭／火车头 (huǒchētóu); (Hakka) 車嫲／车嫲; (Hokkien) 車母／车母
(motorcycle):

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Etymology 2

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) Altered from 機歪／机歪 (jīwāi), itself a euphemism for Hokkien 膣屄 (chi-bai, “cunt”) (also written as 雞掰／鸡掰 (jībāi) in Mandarin).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jīchē

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄔㄜ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jīchē
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄔㄜ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jiche
  - Wade–Giles: chi¹-chʻê¹
  - Yale: jī-chē
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiche
  - Palladius: цзичэ (czičɛ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤ⁵⁵/

Adjective

機車

(Taiwan, minced oath, euphemistic) hard to get along with
Synonym: 機歪／机歪 (jīwāi)

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