開火車

Chinese

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Etymology

Sense #2: 嗚／呜 (wū), the onomatopoeia for the train horn, is homophonic with 污 (wū, “dirty”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kāi huǒchē

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄞㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄔㄜ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hoi¹ fo² ce¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kāi huǒchē
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄞㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄔㄜ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: kai huǒche
  - Wade–Giles: kʻai¹ huo³-chʻê¹
  - Yale: kāi hwǒ-chē
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kai huooche
  - Palladius: кай хочэ (kaj xočɛ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kāihuǒchēr
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄞㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄔㄜㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: kaihuǒcher
  - Wade–Giles: kʻai¹-huo³-chʻê¹-ʼrh
  - Yale: kāi-hwǒ-chēr
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kaihuooche'l
  - Palladius: кайхочэр (kajxočɛr)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤɻ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hoi¹ fo² ce¹
  - Yale: hōi fó chē
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hoi¹ fo² tse¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: hoi¹ fo² cé¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːi̯⁵⁵ fɔː³⁵ t͡sʰɛː⁵⁵/

Verb

開⫽火車 (verb-object)

(literally) to drive a train
(neologism, figurative, slang, humorous) to talk dirty

See also

老司機／老司机 (lǎosījī)
跑火車／跑火车 (pǎo huǒchē)

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