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火车huǒ chē
train
Definitions
Chinese > English | ||
火车 | ||
1. Simplified form of 火車 | ||
火車 | huǒchē | |
1. n. train | ||
城際 火車 - intercity train | ||
他 差chà點 沒 趕上 火車。 - He nearly missed the train. | ||
我 坐 火車 去 上海。 - I am going to Shanghai by train. | ||
火車 三 點 開,你 現在 去 還 來得de及。 - The train leaves at three. You can still make it if you go now. | ||
2. n. (historical) combat chariot carrying equipment for attack by fire | ||
3. n. (Buddhism) fiery chariot that sends a sinner to hell | ||
4. usage. 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. 火車/火车 in the previous term. | ||
5. usage. Sometimes high-speed trains (高鐵/高铁) are excluded when referring 火車/火车 only. | ||
6. Further reading. (cat, cmn, Beginning Mandarin) | ||
7. Further reading. (C, zh, Vehicles, Rail transportation) | ||
English > Chinese | ||
train | ||
1. 名词. 火車 | ||
2. 动词. 訓練 | ||
Components | ||
火 | huǒ | |
1. fire; flame | ||
可以 跟 你 借 一個 火 嗎? - Can I borrow a light? | ||
2. fire (as a disaster); inferno | ||
3. red; fiery; bright; brilliant | ||
4. to burn down | ||
5. light; torch | ||
6. (dialectal) light; lamp | ||
7. anger; rage; wrath | ||
8. to become enraged | ||
9. angry; furious | ||
10. (TCM) internal heat | ||
11. firearm; ammunition; weapon | ||
12. war; warfare | ||
13. thriving; brisk | ||
14. urgent; pressing | ||
15. (neologism) to become popular; to go viral | ||
16. (neologism) to be popular; to be viral | ||
17. (Cantonese) watt (unit of power) | ||
※(Definitely, "火" here is a unit of brightness (luminous intensity). However, the brightness of a luminous device is measured in watts in life because of luminous intensity's dependence on powe | ||
20 火 嘅 燈膽 - 20-watt lightbulb | ||
18. Short for 火星 (Mars) | ||
19. (Cantonese) roasted | ||
(syn, zh, 烤, 燒) | ||
火鴨 - roasted duck | ||
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 | ||
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Pronunciation
huǒ chē
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