白牌車

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Chinese

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white; empty; blank
white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous
 
cards; game pieces; signboard
cards; game pieces; signboard; plate; tablet
 
vehicle on land; car; machine
vehicle on land; car; machine; to shape with a lathe
 
trad. (白牌車)
simp. (白牌车)
Literally: “car with a white number plate”.
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Etymology

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From the fact that number plates of private vehicles in Hong Kong were with white background and black text before the 1980s, contrary to legal taxis with black background and white text, and buses with red background and white text.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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白牌車

  1. (chiefly Hong Kong) car used as an illegal taxi; pak pai; white card (sometimes may also include car sharing services such as Uber)

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