11路公交車

Chinese

		The decimal number eleven.; The binary number three.	road; path; way	bus; town bicycle
trad. (11路公交車)		11	路	公交車
simp. (11路公交车)		11	路	公交车
Literally: “No. 11 bus”.

Etymology

The number 11 looks like a pair of legs. Compare Korean 11호 차 타다 (11ho cha tada).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shíyī lù gōngjiāochē

(Zhuyin): ㄕˊ ㄧㄌㄨˋ ㄍㄨㄥㄐㄧㄠㄔㄜ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shíyī lù gōngjiāochē
  - Zhuyin: ㄕˊ ㄧㄌㄨˋ ㄍㄨㄥㄐㄧㄠㄔㄜ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shíhyi lù gongjiaoche
  - Wade–Giles: shih²-i¹ lu⁴ kung¹-chiao¹-chʻê¹
  - Yale: shŕ-yī lù gūng-jyāu-chē
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyri luh gongjiauche
  - Palladius: шии лу гунцзяочэ (šii lu gunczjaočɛ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩³⁵ i⁵⁵ lu⁵¹ kʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤ⁵⁵/

Noun

11路公交車

foot (as a means of transport)
我坐11路公交車來的。 [MSC, trad.]
我坐11路公交车来的。 [MSC, simp.]
Wǒ zuò 11 lù gōngjiāochē lái de. [Pinyin]
I came here on foot.

Synonyms

(Taiwanese Mandarin) 11號公車／11号公车
(Cantonese) 11號巴士／11号巴士