電車
See also: 电车
Chinese
| electric; electricity; electrical | vehicle on land; car; machine; to shape with a lathe | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (電車) | 電 | 車 | |
| simp. (电车) | 电 | 车 | |

電車 (1)
Etymology
Wasei kango (和製漢語), orthographically borrowed from Japanese 電車 (densha, “tram”)
Pronunciation
Noun
電車
- tram; streetcar
- (Taiwan) electric multiple unit train
- (Xiamen and Zhangzhou Min Nan, dated) automobile; motor car; sedan
Synonyms
| Dialectal synonyms of 汽車 (“car, motor vehicle”) [map] | ||
|---|---|---|
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 汽車 | |
| Mandarin | Beijing | 汽車 |
| Taiwan | 汽車 | |
| Jinan | 汽車 | |
| Xi'an | 汽車 | |
| Wuhan | 汽車 | |
| Chengdu | 汽車 | |
| Yangzhou | 汽車 | |
| Hefei | 汽車 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 汽車、車 |
| Hong Kong | 汽車、車 | |
| Taishan | 汽車 | |
| Yangjiang | 汽車 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 汽車 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 汽車 |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 汽車、自動車 | |
| Liudui (S. Sixian) | 汽車、自動車 | |
| Hsinchu (Hailu) | 汽車、自動車 | |
| Dongshi (Dabu) | 汽車、自動車 | |
| Zhuolan (Raoping) | 汽車、自動車 | |
| Yunlin (Zhao'an) | 汽車、自動車 | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 汽車 |
| Min Bei | Jian'ou | 汽車 |
| Min Dong | Fuzhou | 汽車 |
| Min Nan | Xiamen | 汽車、風車、大車、電車 dated |
| Quanzhou | 汽車、風車、大車 | |
| Zhangzhou | 汽車、大車、電車 dated | |
| Taipei | 自動車 | |
| Kaohsiung | 自動車、動車 | |
| Tainan | 自動車 | |
| Taichung | 汽車、自動車 | |
| Hsinchu | 自動車 | |
| Lukang | 自動車 | |
| Sanxia | 自動車 | |
| Yilan | 自動車 | |
| Kinmen | 汽車 | |
| Magong | 自動車、汽車 | |
| Penang | 車 | |
| Singapore | 風車 | |
| Philippines (Manila) | 風車 | |
| Chaozhou | 汽車、羅里 | |
| Wu | Suzhou | 汽車 |
| Wenzhou | 汽車 | |
| Xiang | Changsha | 汽車 |
| Shuangfeng | 汽車 | |
Derived terms
Japanese
電車 (densha): an electric multiple unit train.
Etymology
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 電 | 車 |
| でん Grade: 2 |
しゃ Grade: 1 |
| on’yomi | |
Pronunciation
Noun
電車 (hiragana でんしゃ, rōmaji densha)
- an electric multiple unit train
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- 2000, Jonathan Bunt, Gillian Hall, The Oxford Starter Japanese Dictionary, First Edition, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN
Korean
| Hanja in this term | |
|---|---|
| 電 | 車 |
Noun
電車 • (jeoncha) (hangeul 전차)
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