柴可夫
Chinese
| phonetic | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (柴可夫) |
柴 | 可 | 夫 | |
Etymology
Short for 柴可夫斯基 (caai4 ho2 fu1 si1 gei1, “Tchaikovsky”), using the first three syllables to hint at the last two, 斯基 (si1 gei1), a homophone of 司機／司机 (si1 gei1, “driver”).
Pronunciation
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: caai4 ho2 fu1
- Yale: chàaih hó fū
- Cantonese Pinyin: tsaai4 ho2 fu1
- Guangdong Romanization: cai4 ho2 fu1
- IPA (key): /t͡sʰɑːi̯²¹ hɔː³⁵ fuː⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
Noun
柴可夫
Synonyms
| Dialectal synonyms of 司機 (“driver; chauffeur”) [map] | ||
|---|---|---|
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 司機、駕駛員 | |
| Mandarin | Beijing | 司機 |
| Taiwan | 司機、運將 | |
| Chengdu | 司機、駕駛員、駕駛員兒、掌方向盤的、開車的 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 司機 |
| Hong Kong | 司機、柴可夫 humorous | |
| Taishan | 司機 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 司機 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 司機、駛車佬 |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 運轉手、司機 | |
| Liudui (S. Sixian) | 運轉手、司機 | |
| Hsinchu (Hailu) | 運轉手、司機 | |
| Dongshi (Dabu) | 運轉手、司機 | |
| Zhuolan (Raoping) | 運轉手、司機 | |
| Yunlin (Zhao'an) | 運轉手、司機、駛車人 | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 司機、開車的 |
| Min Nan | Xiamen | 機司 |
| Quanzhou | 機司 | |
| Zhangzhou | 機司 | |
| Taipei | 運轉手、運將、司機 | |
| Penang | 扞車的人 | |
| Philippines (Manila) | 車頭 | |
| Wu | Shanghai | 司機、駕駛員 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 司機、司機生 dated |
This article is issued from
Wiktionary.
The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike.
Additional terms may apply for the media files.