歐兜邁

First entered through Taiwanese Hokkien, borrowed from Japanese オートバイ (ōtobai), from English autobicycle / autobike. The character choice may be influenced by Mandarin 邁 / 迈 (mài, “to stride”).

歐兜邁

1. (chiefly Taiwanese Hokkien) motorcycle; motorbike; autobike (Classifier: 臺／台 mn)
   • 2008, “心愛的歐兜邁 [My Favorite]”‎^[1]performed by 男子漢樂團 [TheMan]:

     想欲來去賺錢牽一台歐兜邁　但是時機壞壞大家攏嘛知 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     想欲来去赚钱牵一台欧兜迈　但是时机坏坏大家拢嘛知 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     Siūⁿ-beh lâi-khì thàn-chîⁿ khan chi̍t tâi o͘-tó͘-bái, tān-sī sî-ki bái-bái ta̍k-ke lóng mā chai [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     I want to earn some money to get a motorcycle, but the timing's bad, everyone knows that

   • 2010, “叭啥貨”‎^[2]performed by Circus:

     歐兜邁那會那麼多　台北晚暝怎麼這熱鬧 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     欧兜迈那会那么多　台北晚暝怎么这热闹 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     O͘-tó͘-bái ná ē hiah-nī chē, Tâi-pak àm-mî ná ē chiah lāu-lia̍t [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     How come there are so many motorcycles? How come it's so busy at night in Taipei?

   • 2017, “有一天”‎^[3]performed by 白明光:

     想到我的阿爸　想到我的阿母　騎摩托車去山上打拼 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     想到我的阿爸　想到我的阿母　骑摩托车去山上打拼 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     siūⁿ-siūⁿ-tio̍h góa ê a-pah, siūⁿ-siūⁿ-tio̍h góa ê a-bú, khiâ o͘-tó͘-bái khì soaⁿ-téng phah-piàⁿ [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     [I] thought of my father, thought of my mother, [they] rode their motorcycles up to the mountains to work hard

   • 2018, “信了就對 [Just Believe]”, in 氵七木 [Perfect Number]‎^[4], performed by 魏暉倪 [Nini]:

     不驚　騎我的歐兜邁　原來原來　這就是原因我存在 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     不惊　骑我的欧兜迈　原来原来　这就是原因我存在 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     M̄-kiaⁿ, khiâ góa ê o͘-tó͘-bái, goân-lâi goân-lâi, che tiō-sī goân-in góa chûn-chāi [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     No fear, riding my motorcycle, in fact, in fact, this is the reason I exist

   • 2018, “明仔載 [Hope One Day]”‎^[5]performed by 盧廣仲 [Crowd Lu]:

     明仔載　明仔載　坐在你的摩托車 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     明仔载　明仔载　坐在你的摩托车 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     Bîn-á-chài, bîn-á-chài, chē tī lí ê o͘-tó͘-bái [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     Tomorrow, tomorrow, I'll sit on your motorcycle

   • 2018, “趁少年 [Getting Old]”, 謝宏佶 [Gee Hsieh] (lyrics), 周志琮 [Sean Chou] (music), performed by 周志琮 [Sean Chou]:

     聽講你有轉來　騎歐托麥甲你載 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     听讲你有转来　骑欧托麦甲你载 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     thiaⁿ-kóng lí ū tńg-lâi, khiâ o͘-tó͘-bái kā lí chài [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 2022, “今天陽光就是特別耀眼特別和諧 [Memorable Moments]”‎^[6]performed by 曾沛慈 [Pets Tseng] ft. 韋禮安 [WeiBird]:

     歐兜邁停得還不夠遠 [Taiwanese Mandarin, trad.]
     欧兜迈停得还不够远 [Taiwanese Mandarin, simp.]

     ōudōumài tíng de hái bùgòu yuǎn [Pinyin]

     The motorcycle is still not stopped far enough