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汽车脚垫
qì chē jiǎo diàn

car mat

Definitions

Components
汽车
1. Simplified form of 汽車
汽車	qìchē
1. n. automobile; motor vehicle; car
電動汽車 - electric car
汽車駕駛員 - motorist
汽車修理工 - auto mechanic
汽車配件廠 - auto parts factory
我們的汽車尾巴ba 被撞壞了。 - The rear end of our car was smashed.
2. n. bus; coach
城際汽車 - intercity bus
3. n. (obsolete) train
汽	qì
1. gas (matter in an intermediate state between liquid and plasma)
2. steam; water vapor
3. Alternative form of 汔 (to dry; nearly)
4. to tear (to produce tears)
5. Variant of ?
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车
1. Variant of 車
2. Variant of 卓
卓	卓
1. tall and erect
2. outstanding; profound; brilliant; lofty
車	jū
1. (Chinese chess) chariot; rook
2. (chess) rook
脚
1. Variant of 腳
腳	jiǎo, jué
1. (anatomy) foot
2. base; leg; foundation
牆腳 - base of wall -
褲腳 - bottom of trousers -
檯toi4-2腳 - table leg -
3. Alternative form of 角 (jué, t=role; part; character)
4. (Cantonese) person who joins an activity
飯腳 - person who dines out with one -
打牌paai4-2 唔夠腳 - to not have enough people for playing mahjong
5. (Min) Alternative form of 跤 (-, t=leg; foot)
垫
1. Simplified form of 墊
墊	diàn
1. pad; cushion; mat
2. to put something under something else to raise or balance it
用嚟墊zin3 煲底 - to use as a mat for a pot -
3. to fill up something; to insert something
4. (Min Nan) to sow
5. to pay something in advance; to pay for somebody
6. Only used in 墊江
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