動車

See also: 动车

Chinese

		to move; to change; to use to move; to change; to use; to act	vehicle on land; car; machine vehicle on land; car; machine; to shape with a lathe
trad. (動車)		動	車
simp. (动车)		动	车

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dòngchē

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄔㄜ
Cantonese (Jyutping): dung⁶ ce¹
Min Nan (POJ): tōng-chhia

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: dòngchē
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄔㄜ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: donqche
  - IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: dung⁶ ce¹
  - Yale: duhng chē
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dung⁶ tse¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: dung⁶ cé¹
  - IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ²² t͡sʰɛː⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōng-chhia
  - Tâi-lô: tōng-tshia
  - Phofsit Daibuun: doxngchiaf
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɔŋ³³⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰia⁴⁴/

Noun

動車

power car (a vehicle that propels a passenger train in a multiple unit; usually not including locomotives)
Short for 動車組／动车组 (dòngchēzǔ, “multiple unit”).
(Mainland China) Short for 普通動車組列車 (“a class of passenger train in mainland China”).
(dated) motor car

Derived terms

動車組／动车组 (dòngchēzǔ)

Usage notes

It is a common misconception that this term denotes a kind of railway line.

See also

地鐵／地铁 (dìtiě)
發電車／发电车 (fādiànchē)
高鐵／高铁 (gāotiě)
火車／火车 (huǒchē)
列車／列车 (lièchē)
鐵路／铁路 (tiělù)
自動車／自动车 (zìdòngchē)

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