火車
See also: 火车
Chinese
fire; angry; fierce fire; angry; fierce; fiery; thriving | vehicle on land; car; machine vehicle on land; car; machine; to shape with a lathe | ||
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trad. (火車) | 火 | 車 | |
simp. (火车) | 火 | 车 | |
Literally: “fire vehicle”. |
Etymology
- “train”
- Coined circa 1840 by Christian missionaries in China, in reference to the steam engines that early trains had. Perhaps short for an earlier form 火輪車/火轮车 (huǒlúnchē).
Pronunciation
Noun
火車
- train (Classifier: 列 m; 架 c; 節/节 m; 班 m c; 趟 m)
- 城際火車/城际火车 ― chéngjì huǒchē ― intercity train
- 他差點沒趕上火車。 [MSC, trad.]
- Tā chàdiǎn méi gǎnshàng huǒchē. [Pinyin]
- He nearly missed the train.
他差点没赶上火车。 [MSC, simp.]- 我坐火車去上海。/我坐火车去上海。 ― Wǒ zuò huǒchē qù Shànghǎi. ― I am going to Shanghai by train.
- 火車三點開,你現在去還來得及。 [MSC, trad.]
- Huǒchē sān diǎn kāi, nǐ xiànzài qù hái láidejí. [Pinyin]
- The train leaves at three. You can still make it if you go now.
火车三点开,你现在去还来得及。 [MSC, simp.]
- (historical) combat chariot carrying equipment for attack by fire
- (Buddhism) fiery chariot that sends a sinner to hell
Usage notes
- 火車/火车 refers to the train itself and to the mode of transportation. So it is used in terms related to the railway. 列車/列车 (lièchē) is sometimes used instead to follow technology development as trains are not steam powered anymore. But the term only refers to the train itself and cannot replace 火車/火车 in the previous term.
- Sometimes high-speed trains (高鐵/高铁) are excluded when referring 火車/火车 only.
Synonyms
- (train):
Dialectal synonyms of 火車 (“train”) [map]
Variety | Location | Words edit |
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Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 火車 | |
Mandarin | Beijing | 火車 |
Taiwan | 火車 | |
Tianjin | 火車 | |
Chengde | 火車 | |
Tangshan | 火車 | |
Cangzhou | 火車 | |
Xianxian (Xiaoying) | 火車 | |
Baoding | 火車 | |
Shijiazhuang | 火車 | |
Chifeng | 火車 | |
Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 火車 | |
Heihe | 火車 | |
Qiqihar | 火車 | |
Harbin | 火車 | |
Jiamusi | 火車 | |
Baicheng | 火車 | |
Changchun | 火車 | |
Tonghua | 火車 | |
Shenyang | 火車 | |
Dandong | 火車 | |
Jinzhou | 火車 | |
Dalian | 火車 | |
Yantai | 火車 | |
Yantai (Muping) | 火車 | |
Qingdao | 火車 | |
Lijin | 火車 | |
Zhucheng | 火車 | |
Jinan | 火車 | |
Jining | 火車 | |
Luoyang | 火車 | |
Wanrong | 火車 | |
Shangqiu | 火車 | |
Yuanyang | 火車 | |
Zhengzhou | 火車 | |
Lingbao | 火車 | |
Xinyang | 火車 | |
Baihe | 火車 | |
Hanzhong | 火車 | |
Xi'an | 火車 | |
Dingbian | 火車 | |
Baoji | 火車 | |
Yinchuan | 火車 | |
Tianshui | 火車 | |
Lanzhou | 火車 | |
Dunhuang | 火車 | |
Xining | 火車 | |
Hami | 火車 | |
Ürümqi | 火車 | |
Wuhan | 火車 | |
Yichang | 火車 | |
Xiangyang | 火車 | |
Tianmen | 火車 | |
Hong'an | 火車 | |
Chengdu | 火車 | |
Nanchong | 火車 | |
Dazhou | 火車 | |
Hanyuan | 火車 | |
Xichang | 火車 | |
Zigong | 火車 | |
Chongqing | 火車 | |
Guiyang | 火車 | |
Zunyi | 火車 | |
Bijie | 火車 | |
Liping | 火車 | |
Zhaotong | 火車 | |
Dali | 火車 | |
Kunming | 火車 | |
Mengzi | 火車 | |
Guilin | 火車 | |
Pingle | 火車 | |
Liuzhou | 火車 | |
Luzhai | 火車 | |
Nanning (Fujian) | 火車 | |
Nanning (Wuming) | 火車 | |
Binyang (Nanjie) | 火車 | |
Luocheng (Dongmen) | 火車 | |
Tianlin (Langping) | 火車 | |
Jishou | 火車 | |
Changde | 火車 | |
Xiangtan (Jiangnan Industries Group koine) | 火車 | |
Xuzhou | 火車 | |
Fuyang | 火車 | |
Wuhu | 火車 | |
Yangzhou | 火車 | |
Lianyungang | 火車 | |
Lianshui | 火車 | |
Nanjing | 火車兒 | |
Hefei | 火車 | |
Nantong | 火車 | |
Singapore | 火車 | |
Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 火車 | |
Cantonese | Guangzhou | 火車 |
Hong Kong | 火車 | |
Taishan (Guanghai) | 火車 | |
Dongguan | 火車 | |
Yangjiang | 火車 | |
Qinzhou | 火車 | |
Qinzhou (Xiniujiao) | 火車 | |
Beihai | 火車 | |
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 火車 | |
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 火車 | |
Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 火車 | |
Singapore (Guangfu) | 火車 | |
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 火車 | |
Móng Cái | 火車 | |
Mandalay (Taishan) | 火車 | |
Gan | Nanchang | 火車 |
Lichuan | 火車 | |
Pingxiang | 火車 | |
Hakka | Meixian | 火車 |
Yudu | 火車 | |
Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 火車 | |
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 火車 | |
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 火車 | |
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 火車 | |
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 火車 | |
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 火車 | |
Huizhou | Jixi | 火車 |
Shexian | 火車 | |
Jin | Taiyuan | 火車 |
Yangyuan | 火車 | |
Datong | 火車 | |
Xinzhou | 火車 | |
Lishi | 火車 | |
Linfen | 火車 | |
Changzhi | 火車 | |
Linhe | 火車 | |
Jining | 火車 | |
Hohhot | 火車 | |
Erenhot | 火車 | |
Pingshan | 火車 | |
Zhangjiakou | 火車 | |
Handan | 火車 | |
Linzhou | 火車 | |
Suide | 火車 | |
Jiuxing Yumin | Lanxi | 火車 |
Min Bei | Jian'ou | 火車 |
Min Dong | Fuzhou | 火車 |
Min Nan | Xiamen | 火車 |
Taipei | 火車 | |
New Taipei (Sanxia) | 火車 | |
Kaohsiung | 火車 | |
Yilan | 火車 | |
Changhua (Lukang) | 火車 | |
Taichung | 火車 | |
Tainan | 火車 | |
Hsinchu | 火車 | |
Kinmen | 火車 | |
Penghu (Magong) | 火車 | |
Penang (Hokkien) | 火車 | |
Singapore (Hokkien) | 火車 | |
Manila (Hokkien) | 火車 | |
Chaozhou | 火車 | |
Haikou | 火車 | |
Puxian Min | Xianyou | 火車 |
Min Zhong | Yanping (Wangtai) | 火車 |
Southern Pinghua | Binyang | 火車 |
Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Dongbianzhou) | 火車 |
Wu | Shanghai | 火車 |
Shanghai (Chongming) | 火車 | |
Suzhou | 火車 | |
Hangzhou | 火車 | |
Wenzhou | 火車 | |
Jinhua | 火車 | |
Xiang | Changsha | 火車 |
Loudi | 火車 | |
Shuangfeng | 火車 | |
Hengshan (Baiguo) | 火車 | |
Qinglong (Changliu Laba Miao) | 火車 |
Hypernyms
- (train): 交通工具 (jiāotōng gōngjù)
Derived terms
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Descendants
Sino-Xenic (火車):
- → Japanese: 火車 (kasha)
- → Korean: 화차(火車) (hwacha, “hwacha”)
- → Vietnamese: hỏa xa (火車)
Others:
- → Bouyei: hojcey
- → Malay: kereta api (calque)
- Indonesian: kereta api
- → Mongolian: галт тэрэг (galt tereg) (calque)
- → Thai: รถไฟ (rót-fai) (calque)
- → Tibetan: མེ་འཁོར (me 'khor) (calque)
- → Zhuang: hojceh, cifeiz (calque)
- → Vietnamese: xe lửa (calque)
See also
- 地鐵/地铁 (dìtiě)
- 動車/动车 (dòngchē)
- 高鐵/高铁 (gāotiě)
- 列車/列车 (lièchē)
- 鐵路/铁路 (tiělù)
Proper noun
火車
- (Hong Kong, colloquial, somewhat dated) East Rail line
Further reading
- (Min Nan pronunciation audio) “Entry #1252”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.
Japanese
Kanji in this term | |
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火 | 車 |
か Grade: 1 | しゃ Grade: 1 |
on’yomi |
Alternative forms
- (yōkai): 化車
Etymology
/kua t͡ɕia/ → /kʷaɕʲa/ → /kaɕa/
From Middle Chinese compound 火車 (MC huɑX t͡ɕʰia).
The "steam locomotive" sense is a semantic loan from modern Chinese 火車 (huǒchē).
Pronunciation
- On’yomi
- IPA(key): [ka̠ɕa̠]
Noun
火車 • (kasha) ←くわしや (kwasya)?
- (Buddhism) a fiery chariot that brings sinners to hell; by extension, a form of torture using this vehicle
- Synonym: 火の車 (hi no kuruma)
- a burning fire in the shape of a wheel
- Short for 火車婆 (kasha-baba): a powerful, evil old hag
- (folklore) a yōkai that steals the corpses of those who have died as a result of accumulating evil deeds
- a steam locomotive; by extension, a train
- Synonym: 汽車 (kisha)
- (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:)
- Alternative spelling of 花車 (kasha): a woman who manages and supervises prostitutes
Derived terms
- 火車婆 (kasha-baba)
Korean
Hanja in this term | |
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火 | 車 |
Noun
火車 • (hwacha) (hangeul 화차)
- Hanja form? of 화차 (“hwacha”).
Vietnamese
Hán tự in this term | |
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火 | 車 |
Noun
火車
- chữ Hán form of hỏa xa (“train”).