車頭字

Chinese

		driver	letter; symbol; character letter; symbol; character; word
trad. (車頭字)		車頭	字
simp. (车头字)		车头	字

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhia-thâu-lī

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhia-thâu-lī
    • Tâi-lô: tshia-thâu-lī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chia'tauli
    • IPA (Philippines): /t͡sʰia³³ tʰau²⁴⁻²² li⁴¹/

Noun

車頭字

1. (Philippine Hokkien) driver's license; driving licence

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 駕駛執照 (“driving licence; driver's licence”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		駕駛執照, 駕駛證 Mainland
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	駕照, 駕證, 車本兒
	Taiwan	駕照, 駕駛執照
	Singapore	駕照, 駕駛執照
Cantonese	Guangzhou	車牌
	Hong Kong	車牌
	Taishan	車牌
	Kaiping (Chikan)	車牌
Hakka	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	車牌, 駕駛證
Jin	Taiyuan	車本兒
Southern Min	Tainan	駕駛執照, 駕照 GT
	Manila (Hokkien)	車頭字, 車字
	Wenchang	駕駛執照
Wu	Shanghai	駕照
	Wenzhou	駕駛證
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)