開火車

Chinese

		open; operate (vehicle); start	fire vehicle; train; combat chariot carrying equipment for attack by fire
trad. (開火車)		開	火車
simp. (开火车)		开	火车

Etymology

Sense #2: 嗚／呜 (wū), the onomatopoeia for the train horn, is homophonic with 污 (wū, “dirty”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kāi huǒchē

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄞㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄔㄜ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hoi¹ fo² ce¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: kāi huǒchē
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄞㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄔㄜ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kai huuoche
  - Tongyong Pinyin: kai huǒche
  - IPA ^(key): /kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ xwɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Pinyin: kāihuǒchēr
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄞㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄔㄜㄦ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kaihuuochel
  - Tongyong Pinyin: kaihuǒcher
  - IPA ^(key): /kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ xwɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤɻ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: hoi¹ fo² ce¹
  - Yale: hōi fó chē
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hoi¹ fo² tse¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: hoi¹ fo² cé¹
  - IPA ^(key): /hɔːy̯⁵⁵ fɔː³⁵ t͡sʰɛː⁵⁵/

Verb

開火車

(literally) to drive a train
(neologism, figuratively, slang, humorous) to talk dirty

See also

老司機／老司机 (lǎosījī)
跑火車／跑火车 (pǎo huǒchē)

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