車牌

車牌

See also: 车牌

Chinese

		vehicle on land; car; machine vehicle on land; car; machine; to shape with a lathe	cards; game pieces; signboard cards; game pieces; signboard; plate; tablet
trad. (車牌)		車	牌
simp. (车牌)		车	牌

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chēpái

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄜ ㄆㄞˊ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou, Jyutping): ce¹ paai⁴

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): cie¹ pai³

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhâ-phài
• Min Nan (POJ): chhia-pâi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chēpái
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄜ ㄆㄞˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chepái
    • Wade–Giles: chʻê¹-pʻai²
    • Yale: chē-pái
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chepair
    • Palladius: чэпай (čɛpaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɤ⁵⁵ pʰaɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ce¹ paai⁴
    • Yale: chē pàaih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tse¹ paai⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: cé¹ pai⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɛː⁵⁵ pʰaːi̯²¹/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: cie¹ pai³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiɛ³³ pʰai²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhâ-phài
    • Hakka Romanization System: ca´ paiˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ca¹ pai²
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰa²⁴ pʰai̯¹¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhia-pâi
    • Tâi-lô: tshia-pâi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chia'paai
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕʰia⁴⁴⁻²² pai²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕʰia³³ pai²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕʰia⁴⁴⁻²² pai¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕʰia⁴⁴⁻³³ pai²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕʰia⁴⁴⁻³³ pai²³/

Noun

車牌

1. number plate; license plate
2. (Cantonese, informal) driver's licence; driving licence
3. (Hakka) sign at bus stop

Synonyms

• (number plate): 號牌／号牌 (hàopái), 牌照 (páizhào)

Dialectal synonyms of 駕駛執照 (“driving licence; driver's licence”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		駕駛執照, 駕駛證 Mainland
Mandarin	Beijing	駕照, 駕證, 車本兒
	Taiwan	駕照, 駕駛執照
	Singapore	駕照, 駕駛執照
Cantonese	Guangzhou	車牌
	Hong Kong	車牌
	Taishan	車牌
	Kaiping (Chikan)	車牌
Jin	Taiyuan	車本兒
Min Nan	Tainan	駕駛執照, 駕照 GT
	Manila (Hokkien)	車頭字, 車字
	Wenchang	駕駛執照
Wu	Shanghai	駕照
	Wenzhou	駕駛證
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

• (sign at bus stop): 站牌 (zhànpái)
• (Min Nan) 車牌仔／车牌仔

Further reading

• “Entry #51377”, 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.