紅十字車
Chinese
| the Red Cross | vehicle on land; car; machine vehicle on land; car; machine; to shape with a lathe | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (紅十字車) | 紅十字 | 車 | |
| simp. (红十字车) | 红十字 | 车 | |
Etymology
From the red cross shown on some ambulances.
Pronunciation
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Penang, Singapore)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: âng-cha̍p-jī-chhia
- Tâi-lô: âng-tsa̍p-jī-tshia
- Phofsit Daibuun: angzabjixchiaf
- IPA (Singapore): /aŋ²⁴⁻²¹ t͡sap̚⁴³⁻²¹ d͡zi²²⁻²¹ t͡sʰia⁴⁴/
- IPA (Penang): /aŋ²³⁻²¹ t͡sap̚⁴⁻³ d͡zi²¹ t͡sʰia³³/
- (Hokkien: Penang)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: âng-si̍p-jī-chhia
- Tâi-lô: âng-si̍p-jī-tshia
- Phofsit Daibuun: angsibjixchiaf
- IPA (Penang): /aŋ²³⁻²¹ sip̚⁴⁻³ d͡zi²¹ t͡sʰia³³/
- (Hokkien: Singapore)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: âng-cha̍p-lī-chhia
- Tâi-lô: âng-tsa̍p-lī-tshia
- Phofsit Daibuun: angzablixchiaf
- IPA (Singapore): /aŋ²⁴⁻²¹ t͡sap̚⁴³⁻²¹ li²²⁻²¹ t͡sʰia⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: ang5 zab8 ri7 cia1
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: âng tsa̍p jī tshia
- Sinological IPA (key): /aŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡sap̚⁴⁻² d͡zi¹¹ t͡sʰia³³/
- (Hokkien: Penang, Singapore)
Noun
紅十字車
- (Malaysian and Singapore Hokkien and Teochew) ambulance (emergency vehicle)
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 救護車 (“ambulance”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 救護車 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 救護車 |
| Singapore | 救護車, 救傷車 | |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 救護車 |
| Nanning (Wuming) | 救護車 | |
| Hechi (Yizhou) | 救護車 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 十字車 |
| Hong Kong | 十字車, 白車, 救傷車, 救護車, 嗶呠車 childish | |
| Dongguan | 救護車 | |
| Guiping (Jintian) | 救護車 | |
| Guiping (Jiangkou) | 急救車, 救護車 | |
| Guiping (Madong) | 救護車 | |
| Qinzhou | 救護車, 急救車 | |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 救護車 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 救護車 |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 救護車 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 救護車 | |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 救護車 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 救護車 | |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 救護車 | |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 救護車 |
| Tainan | 救護車 | |
| Penang (Hokkien) | 紅十字車, 老君車 | |
| Singapore (Hokkien) | 紅十字車, 救傷車 | |
| Singapore (Teochew) | 紅十字車 | |
| Wu | Shanghai | 救命車, 救護車 |
| Ningbo | 救命車, 救護車 | |
| Wenzhou | 救命車 | |
References
- Chia, Caroline, Hoogervorst, Tom, editors (2021), “Chapter 5 Native Lexical Innovation in Penang Hokkien: Thinking beyond Rojak”, in Sinophone Southeast Asia: Sinitic Voices across the Southern Seas (Chinese Overseas: History, Literature, and Society; 20 [Open Access])[1], Brill, →ISBN, page 178