跑火車

Chinese

		to run; to escape	fire vehicle; train; combat chariot carrying equipment for attack by fire
trad. (跑火車)		跑	火車
simp. (跑火车)		跑	火车

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pǎo huǒchē

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄠˇ ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄔㄜ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pǎo huǒchē [Phonetic: páohuǒchē]
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄠˇ ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄔㄜ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pǎo huǒche
    • Wade–Giles: pʻao³ huo³-chʻê¹
    • Yale: pǎu hwǒ-chē
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pao huooche
    • Palladius: пао хочэ (pao xočɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤ⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pǎohuǒchēr [Phonetic: páohuǒchēr]
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄠˇ ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄔㄜㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pǎohuǒcher
    • Wade–Giles: pʻao³-huo³-chʻê¹-ʼrh
    • Yale: pǎu-hwǒ-chēr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: paohuooche'l
    • Palladius: паохочэр (paoxočɛr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤɻ⁵⁵/

Verb

跑火車

1. (figurative) to talk baselessly; to blabber on and on

Usage notes

Also as 滿嘴跑火車／满嘴跑火车 (mǎnzuǐ pǎo huǒchē).