快車

Chinese

		fast; quick; swift	vehicle on land; car; machine vehicle on land; car; machine; to shape with a lathe
trad. (快車)		快	車
simp. (快车)		快	车

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kuàichē

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄞˋ ㄔㄜ
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): khuai-chhâ

(Hailu, HRS): kuai^ˇ cha^ˋ
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khoài-chhia

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kuàichē
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄞˋ ㄔㄜ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: kuàiche
  - Wade–Giles: kʻuai⁴-chʻê¹
  - Yale: kwài-chē
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuayche
  - Palladius: куайчэ (kuajčɛ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu̯aɪ̯⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤ⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khuai-chhâ
  - Hakka Romanization System: kuai ca^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: kuai⁴ ca¹
  - Sinological IPA: /kʰu̯ai̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰa²⁴/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: kuai^ˇ cha^ˋ
  - Sinological IPA: /kʰuai¹¹ t͡ʃʰa⁵³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khoài-chhia
  - Tâi-lô: khuài-tshia
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qoaechiaf
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰuai²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡sʰia⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kʰuai¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰia⁴⁴/

Noun

快車

(transport) express (train, bus etc.)

References

“快車”, 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.
“Entry #11186”, in 臺灣客語辭典 [Dictionary of Taiwan Hakka] (overall work in Chinese and Hakka), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2022.