計程車

See also: 计程车

Chinese

		calculated by mileage	vehicle on land; car; machine vehicle on land; car; machine; to shape with a lathe
trad. (計程車)		計程	車
simp. (计程车)		计程	车

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jìchéngchē

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˋ ㄔㄥˊ ㄔㄜ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gai³ cing⁴ ce¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kie-chhàng-chhâ / ki-chhàng-chhâ / ke-hàng-chhâ
• Eastern Min (BUC): gié-tiàng-chiă
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kè-thêng-chhia / kè-têng-chhia / khè-thêng-chhia

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jìchéngchē
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˋ ㄔㄥˊ ㄔㄜ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jìchéngche
    • Wade–Giles: chi⁴-chʻêng²-chʻê¹
    • Yale: jì-chéng-chē
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jihcherngche
    • Palladius: цзичэнчэ (czičɛnčɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gai³ cing⁴ ce¹
    • Yale: gai chìhng chē
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gai³ tsing⁴ tse¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gei³ qing⁴ cé¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐi̯³³ t͡sʰɪŋ²¹ t͡sʰɛː⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kie-chhàng-chhâ
    • Hakka Romanization System: gie cangˇ ca´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gie⁴ cang² ca¹
    • Sinological IPA: /ki̯e⁵⁵ t͡sʰaŋ¹¹ t͡sʰa²⁴/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ki-chhàng-chhâ / ke-hàng-chhâ
    • Hakka Romanization System: gi cangˇ ca´ / ge hangˇ ca´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gi⁴ cang² ca¹ / ge⁴ hang² ca¹
    • Sinological IPA: /ki⁵⁵ t͡sʰaŋ¹¹ t͡sʰa²⁴/, /ke⁵⁵ haŋ¹¹ t͡sʰa²⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: gié-tiàng-chiă
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kie²¹³⁻⁵⁵ ^(tʰ-)liaŋ⁵³⁻⁵⁵ ^(t͡sʰ-)ʒia⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kè-thêng-chhia
    • Tâi-lô: kè-thîng-tshia
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kea'tengchiaf
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ke²¹⁻⁴¹ tʰiɪŋ²³⁻³³ t͡sʰia⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ke¹¹⁻⁵³ tʰiɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰia⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kè-têng-chhia
    • Tâi-lô: kè-tîng-tshia
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kea'dengchiaf
    • IPA (Taipei): /ke¹¹⁻⁵³ tiɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰia⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ke²¹⁻⁴¹ tiɪŋ²³⁻³³ t͡sʰia⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khè-thêng-chhia
    • Tâi-lô: khè-thîng-tshia
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qea'tengchiaf
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰe²¹⁻⁴¹ tʰiɪŋ²³⁻³³ t͡sʰia⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰe¹¹⁻⁵³ tʰiɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰia⁴⁴/

Noun

計程車

1. (chiefly Taiwan) taxi; cab (Classifier: 輛／辆 m; 臺／台 m)

Usage notes

• This is the preferred term in Taiwan. However, it is also widely used in Mainland China.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 出租汽車 (“taxicab”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		出租汽車 Mainland China, 出租車 Mainland China, 計程車 Taiwan, 的士 Hong Kong, 德士 Singapore
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	計程車, 小黃
	Malaysia	德士, 的士
	Singapore	德士
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	出租車
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	出租車
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	出租車
	Guiyang	出租車
	Guilin	出租車
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	出租車
Cantonese	Guangzhou	出租車, 的士
	Hong Kong	的士, 老的
	Taishan	的士
	Qinzhou	出租車, 的士, 的
Hakka	Meixian	出租汽車
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	計程車, 他庫西
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	計程車, 他庫西
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	計程車, 他庫西
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	計程車, 他庫西
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	計程車, 他庫西
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	計程車, 他庫西
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	的士
Southern Min	Xiamen	的士
	Quanzhou	的士
	Zhangzhou	的士
	Zhao'an	的士, 計程車
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	計程車, tha-khú-sih
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	tha-khú-sih
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	計程車
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	計程車, tha-khú-sih
	Yilan (Toucheng)	計程仔
	Tainan	計程車
	Penghu (Xiyu)	計程車, tha-khú-sih
	Penang (Hokkien)	德司
	Singapore (Hokkien)	德司
	Manila (Hokkien)	的士, 計程車, 計車, 客車
	Shantou	的士
	Shantou (Chenghai)	的士
	Jieyang	的士
	Singapore (Teochew)	德司
	Wenchang	的士, 出租汽車
Wu	Shanghai	差頭, 出租車
	Wenzhou	出租車

Descendants

• → Zhuang: gicwngzceh

Further reading

• “Entry #5555”, 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.