白車

Chinese

		white; empty; blank white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous	vehicle on land; car; machine vehicle on land; car; machine; to shape with a lathe
trad. (白車)		白	車
simp. (白车)		白	车

Etymology

From the traditional white livery of ambulances.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baak⁶ ce¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baak⁶ ce¹
    • Yale: baahk chē
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁹ tse¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bag⁶ cé¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːk̚² t͡sʰɛː⁵⁵/

Noun

白車

1. (Cantonese) ambulance (Classifier: 架 c)

   快啲call白車啦！ [Cantonese, trad.]
   快啲call白车啦！ [Cantonese, simp.]

   faai³ di¹ ko¹ baak⁶ ce¹ laa¹! [Jyutping]

   Quick, call an ambulance!

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 救護車 (“ambulance”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		救護車
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	救護車
	Singapore	救護車, 救傷車
Southwestern Mandarin	Guilin	救護車
	Nanning (Wuming)	救護車
	Hechi (Yizhou)	救護車
Cantonese	Guangzhou	十字車
	Hong Kong	十字車, 白車, 救傷車, 救護車, 嗶呠車 childish
	Dongguan	救護車
	Guiping (Jintian)	救護車
	Guiping (Jiangkou)	急救車, 救護車
	Guiping (Madong)	救護車
	Qinzhou	救護車, 急救車
Gan	Pingxiang	救護車
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	救護車
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	救護車
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	救護車
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	救護車
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	救護車
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	救護車
Southern Min	Zhao'an	救護車
	Tainan	救護車
	Penang (Hokkien)	紅十字車, 老君車
	Singapore (Hokkien)	紅十字車, 救傷車
	Singapore (Teochew)	紅十字車
Wu	Shanghai	救命車, 救護車
	Ningbo	救命車, 救護車
	Wenzhou	救命車