汽車

See also: 汽车

Chinese

		steam; vapor	vehicle on land; car; a vehicle vehicle on land; car; a vehicle; machine; to shape with a lathe
trad. (汽車)		汽	車
simp. (汽车)		汽	车

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): qìchē

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˋ ㄔㄜ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic): чичә (III-I)

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou, Jyutping): hei³ ce¹

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): hei¹ cie¹

• Gan (Wiktionary): qi³ 'ca¹
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): hi-chhâ

  (Meixian, Guangdong): hi⁴ ca¹

• Jin (Wiktionary): qi³ ce¹
• Min Dong (BUC): ké-chiă
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): khì-chhia

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ki³ cia¹

• Wu (Wiktionary): qi tsho (T2)
• Xiang (Wiktionary): qi⁴ che¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: qìchē
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˋ ㄔㄜ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chihche
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤ⁵⁵/
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  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Pinyin: qìchēr
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˋ ㄔㄜㄦ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chihchel
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤɻ⁵⁵/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic: чичә (III-I)
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiː⁴⁴ t͡ʂʰɤː²⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: hei³ ce¹
    • Yale: hei chē
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hei³ tse¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: héi³ cé¹
    • IPA ^(key): /hei̯³³ t͡sʰɛː⁵⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: hei¹ cie¹
    • IPA ^(key): /hei³³ t͡sʰiɛ³³/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: qi³ 'ca¹
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi²¹³⁻¹³ ˈt͡sʰa⁴²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hi-chhâ
    • Hakka Romanization System: hi ca´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: hi⁴ ca¹
    • IPA: /hi⁵⁵ t͡sʰa²⁴/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: hi⁴ ca¹
    • IPA: /çi⁵³ t͡sʰa⁴⁴/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: qi³ ce¹
    • IPA (old-style): /t͡ɕʰi⁴⁵ t͡sʰɤ¹¹/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: ké-chiă
    • IPA ^(key): /kʰi²¹³⁻⁵⁵ ^(t͡sʰ-)ʒia⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Kinmen, Magong, Taichung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khì-chhia
    • Tâi-lô: khì-tshia
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qiechiaf
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰi⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡ɕʰia³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰi²¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕʰia⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kinmen): /kʰi¹²⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕʰia⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ki³ cia¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khì tshia
    • IPA ^(key): /kʰi²¹³⁻⁵⁵ t͡sʰia³³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: qi tsho (T2)
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi³³ t͡sʰo⁴⁴/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: qi⁴ che¹
    • IPA ^(key) (old-style): /t͡ɕʰi⁴⁵ t͡ʂʰɤ̞³³/
    • IPA ^(key) (new-style): /t͡ɕʰi⁴⁵ t͡sʰɤ̞³³/

Noun

汽車

1. automobile; motor vehicle; car (Classifier: 輛／辆 m; 架 c)

   電動汽車 / 电动汽车  ―  diàndòng qìchē  ―  electric car

   汽車駕駛員 / 汽车驾驶员  ―  qìchē jiàshǐyuán  ―  motorist

   汽車修理工 / 汽车修理工  ―  qìchē xiūlǐgōng  ―  auto mechanic

   汽車配件廠 / 汽车配件厂  ―  qìchē pèijiànchǎng  ―  auto parts factory

   我們的汽車尾巴被撞壞了。 [MSC, trad.]
   我们的汽车尾巴被撞坏了。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒmen de qìchē wěiba bèi zhuànghuài le. [Pinyin]

   The rear end of our car was smashed.

2. Short for 長途汽車／长途汽车 (chángtú qìchē). (Classifier: 輛／辆 m; 架 c)

Derived terms

• 公共汽車／公共汽车 (gōnggòng qìchē)
• 出租汽車／出租汽车 (chūzū qìchē)
• 小汽車／小汽车
• 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

• 汽車站／汽车站 (qìchēzhàn)
• 汽車美容／汽车美容
• 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)
• 長途汽車／长途汽车 (chángtú qìchē)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
汽	車
き Grade: 2	しゃ Grade: 1
on’yomi

Noun

汽車 (hiragana きしゃ, rōmaji kisha)

1. steam locomotive, train

See also

• 電 (でん)車 (しゃ) (densha): electric train

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Korean

Hanja in this term
汽	車

Noun

汽車 • (gicha) (hangeul 기차)

1. Hanja form^? of 기차, “train”.