倒車
Chinese
upset; turn over; to tip upset; turn over; to tip; to pour; to go home; to the contrary; inverted; to fall; to collapse; to topple; to change; to fail; bankrupt | vehicle on land; car; machine vehicle on land; car; machine; to shape with a lathe | ||
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trad. (倒車) | 倒 | 車 | |
simp. (倒车) | 倒 | 车 |
Pronunciation 1
Verb
倒⫽車 (verb-object)
- to back a car; to reverse a vehicle; to drive backwards
- 倒車一定要小心。/倒车一定要小心。 ― Dàochē yīdìng yào xiǎoxīn. ― You must be careful when you are reversing.
- (derogatory) to regress; to abandon a newer practice, norm or ideology and adopt an older one
Synonyms
- (Cantonese, Teochew) 褪車/褪车
Derived terms
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Pronunciation 2
Verb
倒⫽車 (verb-object)
- to change (buses, trains, etc.)
Synonyms
- 轉車/转车 (zhuǎnchē)
- (Min Nan) 盤車/盘车