公車
See also: 公车
Chinese
just; honourable; public just; honourable; public; common; fair; duke; mister |
vehicle on land; car; machine vehicle on land; car; machine; to shape with a lathe | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (公車) | 公 | 車 | |
| simp. (公车) | 公 | 车 | |
| anagram | 車公／车公 | ||
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): gung1 ce1
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kûng-chhâ
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kong-chhia
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 1kon-tsho
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: gōngchē
- Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄥ ㄔㄜ
- Tongyong Pinyin: gongche
- Wade–Giles: kung1-chʻê1
- Yale: gūng-chē
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gongche
- Palladius: гунчэ (gunčɛ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: gung1 ce1
- Yale: gūng chē
- Cantonese Pinyin: gung1 tse1
- Guangdong Romanization: gung1 cé1
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰɛː⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kûng-chhâ
- Hakka Romanization System: gungˊ caˊ
- Hagfa Pinyim: gung1 ca1
- Sinological IPA: /kuŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰa²⁴/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kong-chhia
- Tâi-lô: kong-tshia
- Phofsit Daibuun: kongchiaf
- IPA (Xiamen): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰia⁴⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔŋ³³ t͡sʰia³³/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰia⁴⁴/
- IPA (Taipei): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰia⁴⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰia⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien)
- Wu
Noun
公車
- (chiefly Taiwan) public bus
- public vehicle; vehicle which is not privately owned
- (Taiwanese Mandarin, Shanghainese, by extension) perverted girl; town bicycle
Synonyms
- (public bus):
Dialectal synonyms of 公共汽車 (“(public) bus”) [map]
Further reading
- “公車”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.