水錶車

Chinese

		water meter	vehicle on land; car; machine vehicle on land; car; machine; to shape with a lathe
trad. (水錶車)		水錶	車
simp. (水表车)		水表	车

Etymology

A reference to the legal consequence of taking photos of such trains; 查水錶／查水表 (chá shuǐbiǎo, literally “to read one's water meter”) is a slang meaning "to get oneself arrested".

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shuǐbiǎo chē

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄅㄧㄠˇ ㄔㄜ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shuǐbiǎo chē [Phonetic: shuíbiǎochē]
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄅㄧㄠˇ ㄔㄜ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shuěibiǎo che
    • Wade–Giles: shui³-piao³ chʻê¹
    • Yale: shwěi-byǎu chē
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoeibeau che
    • Palladius: шуйбяо чэ (šujbjao čɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ pi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤ⁵⁵/

Noun

水錶車

1. (Mainland China, rail transport, fandom slang) military train; confidential train