汽車

See also: 汽车

Chinese

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

Etymology

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Pronunciation


Noun

汽車

  1. automobile; motor vehicle; car (Classifier: 輛/辆 m; 臺/台 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. bus; coach (Classifier: 輛/辆 m; 臺/台 m; 架 c)
    城際汽車/城际汽车  ―  chéngjì qìchē  ―  intercity bus
  3. (obsolete) train

Synonyms

  • (car):
  • (bus):

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Bouyei: qiqcey
  • → Wutunhua: qhichai
  • → Zhuang: giceh, heiqci

Further reading

Japanese

汽車 (kisha): a steam train.
Kanji in this term
汽 車
き
Grade: 2
しゃ
Grade: 1
on’yomi

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) きしゃ​ [kìsháꜜ] (Odaka – [2])[1]
  • IPA(key): [kʲiɕa̠]

Noun

汽(き)車(しゃ) • (kisha) 

  1. steam locomotive, train

See also

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
汽車

Noun

汽車 • (gicha) (hangeul 기차)

  1. Hanja form? of 기차 (“train”).
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