電車

Japanese

Kanji in this term
電	車

Etymology

電 (でん, den) "electric" + 車 (しゃ, sha) "vehicle"

Noun

電車 (hiragana でんしゃ, romaji densha)

1. an electric multiple unit train

Derived terms

電車賃 (でんしゃちん, denshachin) tram-fare, railroad fare 電車運転士 (でんしゃうんてんし, denshauntenshi) train driver

満員電車 (まんいんでんしゃ, man'indensha) full-crowded train

See also

• 電車 on the Japanese Wikipedia.ja.Wikipedia

References

• The Oxford Starter Japanese Dictionary. ISBN 0-19-860197-2

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Mandarin

simpl.		电车
trad.		電車

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ tiɛn˥˩tʂʰə˥˥ ]

Noun

電車 (traditional, Pinyin diànchē, simplified 电车)

1. trolley; tram

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Min Nan

simpl.		电车
trad.		電車

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ tɪɛn˨˩tɕʰia˥˥ ]

Noun

電車 (traditional, POJ tiān-chhia, simplified 电车)

1. trolley; tram
2. electric multiple unit train