車頭

See also: 车头

Chinese

vehicle on land; car; machine
vehicle on land; car; machine; to shape with a lathe
 
head; (noun suffix)
trad. (車頭)
simp. (车头)

Etymology

The Philippine Hokkien sense is possibly an ellipsis of 馬車 / 马车 (bé-chhia thâu, coachman; carriage driver).

Pronunciation


Noun

車頭

  1. front of a vehicle
  2. (Hakka, Teochew, Mainland China and Taiwanese Hokkien, dated in Mainland China) bus stop; train station
  3. (Singapore Hokkien) bus interchange; bus terminal
  4. (Philippine Hokkien) driver; chauffeur

Synonyms

Descendants

  • Amis: ciyataw
  • Sakizaya: ciyataw
  • Puyuma: siyataw

Further reading