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火車

火車

See also: 火车

Chinese

 
fire; angry; fierce; fiery; thriving
 
vehicle on land; car; a vehicle; machine; to shape with a lathe
trad. (火車) 火 車
simp. (火车) 火 车
Literally: “fire vehicle”.

Noun

火車

  1. train   (Classifier: 列 m; 架 c; 節／节 m; 班 m c; 趟 m)
    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.

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 it only refers to the train itself and can't replace 火車／火车 in the previous term.

Derived terms

  • 氣墊火車／气垫火车
  • 火車票／火车票 (“train ticket”)
  • 火車站／火车站 (huǒchēzhàn, “train station”)
  • 火車頭／火车头 (huǒchētóu, “locomotive”)
  • 火車頭工業／火车头工业
  • 磁浮火車／磁浮火车

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (火車):
  • Vietnamese: hỏa xa ‎(火車)

See also

Japanese

Kanji in this term
火 車
か
Grade: 1 		しゃ
Grade: 1
on'yomi

Noun

火車 ‎(hiragana かしゃ, romaji kasha)

  1. a yōkai that steals the corpses of those who have died as a result of accumulating evil deeds

Korean

Hanja in this term
火 車

Noun

火車 • ‎(hwacha) ‎(hangeul 화차)

  1. Hanja form? of 화차, “hwacha”.

Vietnamese

Hán tự in this word
火 車

Noun

火車

  1. Hán tự form of hỏa xa, “train”

Etymology

In reference to the steam engines that early trains had.

Pronunciation

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