行車

Chinese

	to go; to do; capable to go; to do; capable; all right; competent; OK; to travel; temporary; to walk; will do; behaviour; conduct; a row; profession; professional	vehicle on land; car; machine vehicle on land; car; machine; to shape with a lathe
trad. (行車)	行	車
simp. (行车)	行	车
anagram	車行／车行

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xíngchē

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄔㄜ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hang⁴ ce¹ / haang⁴ ce¹
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): hàng-chhâ

(Hailu, HRS): hang cha^ˋ
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): gia² cia¹ / giann² cia¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hêng-chhia / kiâⁿ-chhia
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶ghan-tsho; ⁶ghan ¹tsho

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xíngchē
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄔㄜ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: síngche
  - Wade–Giles: hsing²-chʻê¹
  - Yale: syíng-chē
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyngche
  - Palladius: синчэ (sinčɛ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕiŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hang⁴ ce¹ / haang⁴ ce¹
  - Yale: hàhng chē / hàahng chē
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hang⁴ tse¹ / haang⁴ tse¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: heng⁴ cé¹ / hang⁴ cé¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐŋ²¹ t͡sʰɛː⁵⁵/, /haːŋ²¹ t͡sʰɛː⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hàng-chhâ
  - Hakka Romanization System: hang^ˇ ca^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: hang² ca¹
  - Sinological IPA: /haŋ¹¹ t͡sʰa²⁴/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: hang cha^ˋ
  - Sinological IPA: /haŋ⁵⁵ t͡ʃʰa⁵³/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: gia² cia¹ [Phonetic: gia⁵ lia¹]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: giáⁿ-chia
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kia¹³⁻¹¹ ^(t͡sʰ-)lia⁵³³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: giann² cia¹ [Phonetic: giann⁵ nia¹]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kĩã²⁴⁻²¹ ^(t͡sʰ-)nia⁵⁴⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hêng-chhia
  - Tâi-lô: hîng-tshia
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hengchiaf
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hiɪŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰia⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hiɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰia⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiɪŋ²³⁻³³ t͡sʰia⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiɪŋ¹³⁻²² t͡sʰia⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hiɪŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰia³³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiâⁿ-chhia
  - Tâi-lô: kiânn-tshia
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kviachiaf
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kiã²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰia³³/

Note: kiâⁿ-chhia - “to drive a vehicle”.

Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶ghan-tsho; ⁶ghan ¹tsho
  - MiniDict: ghan^去 tsho; ghan^去 tsho^平
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³hhan-tsho; ³hhan ¹tsho
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦã²² t͡sʰo⁴⁴/, /ɦã³³ t͡sʰo⁵³/

Verb

行車

(formal or Quanzhou Hokkien) to drive a vehicle
請注意行車安全。 [MSC, trad.]
请注意行车安全。 [MSC, simp.]
Qǐng zhùyì xíngchē ānquán. [Pinyin]
Please pay attention to road safety.
(Puxian Min) to drive a vehicle (such as a truck or taxi) for a living

Synonyms

(to drive): (American (–1980) Taishanese, dated) 放車／放车

Dialectal synonyms of 開車 (“to drive (a vehicle)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		開車, 駕車
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	開車
	Malaysia	駕車
	Singapore	駕車
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	開車
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	開車
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	開車
Southwestern Mandarin	Wuhan	開車
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	開車
Jianghuai Mandarin	Hefei	開車
Cantonese	Guangzhou	駛車, 開車, 揸車
	Hong Kong	揸車
	Taishan	駛車, 開車, 揸車
	Dongguan	揸車
	Yangjiang	駛車
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	揸車, 開車
	Penang (Guangfu)	揸車
	Singapore (Guangfu)	揸車
Gan	Nanchang	開車, 駕車
Hakka	Meixian	駛車
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	駛車, 揸車
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	駛車仔, 駛車
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	駛車仔, 駛車
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	駛車仔, 駛車
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	駛車
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	駛車仔, 駛車
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	駛車
	Senai (Huiyang)	駛車
Jin	Taiyuan	開車
Northern Min	Jian'ou	開車
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	開車
Southern Min	Xiamen	開車, 捍車, 駛車
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	開車
	Quanzhou	開車, 捍車, 行車
	Jinjiang	開車
	Zhangzhou	開車, 捍車, 駛車
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	駛車, 開車
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	駛車, 開車
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	駛車
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	駛車, 開車
	Yilan (Toucheng)	駛車, 開車
	Tainan	駛車
	Tainan (Anping)	駛車, 開車
	Penghu (Xiyu)	駛車
	Penang (Hokkien)	捍車, 駛車
	Singapore (Hokkien)	捍車, 駛車
	Manila (Hokkien)	捍車
	Chaozhou	駛車, 開車
	Shantou	開車
	Jieyang	開車, 駛車
	Haifeng	開車, 揸車 dated
	Bangkok (Teochew)	駛車
	Singapore (Teochew)	捍車, 駛車
	Wenchang	駛車
	Qionghai	駛車
	Singapore (Hainanese)	駛車
Puxian Min	Putian	駛車, 開車
	Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang)	駛車
	Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu)	駛車, 開車
	Xianyou	駛車, 開車
	Xianyou (Fengting)	駛車, 開車
	Xianyou (Youyang)	駛車, 開車
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	揸車, 開車
Wu	Suzhou	開車
Wu	Wenzhou	開車
Xiang	Changsha	開車
Xiang	Shuangfeng	開車子

(to drive a vehicle for a living): 跑車／跑车 (pǎochē)

Derived terms

行車執照 / 行车执照
行車記錄儀 / 行车记录仪 (xíngchē jìlùyí)
行車記錄器 / 行车记录器
行車距離 / 行车距离
行車速率 / 行车速率

Noun

行車

(literary or dialectal) moving vehicle

Derived terms

果擲行車 / 果掷行车

References

李如龙 [Li, Ru-long], 刘福铸 [Liu, Fu-zhu], 吴华英 [Wu, Hua-ying], 黄国城 [Huang, Guo-cheng] (2019) 莆仙方言调查报告 [Investigation Report on Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 33.