Chinese Word of the Day

缆车
lǎn chē

cable car

Definitions

Chinese > English
缆车
1. Simplified form of 纜車
纜車	lǎnchē
1. n. cable car; ropeway; gondola; chairlift
2. n. funicular (cable railway)
3. usage. The term 吊車 in Hong Kong.
English > Chinese
cable car
1. 名词. 纜車
Components
缆
1. Simplified form of 纜
纜	lǎn
1. (literary) hawser; heavy rope for mooring boats
2. cable; thick rope with many strands
3. to moor; to tie; to fasten
4. (Cantonese) to wear something that requires wrapping
纜片pin3-2 - to wear a diaper -
纜頸巾 - to wear a scarf -
纜皮帶daai3-2 - to wear a leather belt -
纜安全帶daai3-2 - to fasten a seatbelt -
5. (gambling) martingale (gambling strategy)
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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