汽車
See also: 汽车
Chinese
steam; vapour | vehicle on land; car; machine vehicle on land; car; machine; to shape with a lathe | ||
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trad. (汽車) | 汽 | 車 | |
simp. (汽车) | 汽 | 车 |
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Noun
汽車
- automobile; motor vehicle; car (Classifier: 輛/辆 m; 臺/台 m; 架 c)
- bus; coach (Classifier: 輛/辆 m; 臺/台 m; 架 c)
- (obsolete) train
- 鐵路之汽車,始極粗惡,繼漸改良。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: 1905 August 13, 陳天華 (Chen Tianhua), 《紀東京留學生歡迎孫君逸仙事》
- Tiělù zhī qìchē, shǐ jí cū'è, jì jiàn gǎiliáng. [Pinyin]
- The steam-powered vehicles on the railway were initially very rough and crude, and were gradually improved over time.
铁路之汽车,始极粗恶,继渐改良。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]- 汽車,俗稱火車,又稱火輪車。其製以汽機為原動力,曳引客車、貨車行駛於鐵路之上。其裝設汽機之車,謂之機關車,俗稱車頭。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: 1916, 徐珂 (Xu Ke), 《清稗類鈔》
- Qìchē, súchēng huǒchē, yòuchēng huǒlúnchē. Qí zhì yǐ qìjī wèi yuándònglì, yèyǐn kèchē, huòchē xíngshǐ yú tiělù zhī shàng. Qí zhuāngshè qìjī zhī chē, wèi zhī jīguān chē, súchēng chētóu. [Pinyin]
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
汽车,俗称火车,又称火轮车。其制以汽机为原动力,曳引客车、货车行驶于铁路之上。其装设汽机之车,谓之机关车,俗称车头。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
Synonyms
- (car):
Dialectal synonyms of 汽車 (“car, motor vehicle”) [map]
- (bus):
Dialectal synonyms of 公共汽車 (“(public) bus”) [map]
Derived terms
- 公共汽車/公共汽车 (gōnggòng qìchē)
- 出租汽車/出租汽车 (chūzū qìchē)
- 大眾汽車/大众汽车 (Dàzhòng Qìchē)
- 小汽車/小汽车
- 旅宿汽車/旅宿汽车 (lǚsù qìchē)
- 汽車保險/汽车保险
- 汽車夫/汽车夫 (qìchēfū)
- 汽車旅館/汽车旅馆 (qìchē lǚguǎn)
- 汽車租賃/汽车租赁 (qìchē zūlìn)
- 汽車站/汽车站 (qìchēzhàn)
- 汽車美容/汽车美容
- 汽車路/汽车路
- 汽車電影院/汽车电影院
- 汽配 (qìpèi)
- 自動駕駛汽車/自动驾驶汽车 (zìdòng jiàshǐ qìchē)
- 運動型多用途汽車/运动型多用途汽车 (yùndòngxíng duōyòngtú qìchē)
- 長途汽車/长途汽车 (chángtú qìchē)
Further reading
- “Entry #50148”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.
Japanese

汽車 (kisha): a steam train.
Kanji in this term | |
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汽 | 車 |
き Grade: 2 |
しゃ Grade: 1 |
on’yomi |
References
- Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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