車牌

See also: 车牌

Chinese

		vehicle on land; car; machine vehicle on land; car; machine; to shape with a lathe	cards; game pieces; signboard cards; game pieces; signboard; plate; tablet
trad. (車牌)		車	牌
simp. (车牌)		车	牌

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chēpái

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄜ ㄆㄞˊ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): ce¹ paai⁴

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): cie¹ pai³

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhâ-phài
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhia-pâi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chēpái
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄜ ㄆㄞˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chepái
    • Wade–Giles: chʻê¹-pʻai²
    • Yale: chē-pái
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chepair
    • Palladius: чэпай (čɛpaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɤ⁵⁵ pʰaɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ce¹ paai⁴
    • Yale: chē pàaih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tse¹ paai⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: cé¹ pai⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɛː⁵⁵ pʰaːi̯²¹/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: cie¹ pai³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiɛ³³ pʰai²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhâ-phài
    • Hakka Romanization System: ca^ˊ pai^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ca¹ pai²
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰa²⁴ pʰai̯¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhia-pâi
    • Tâi-lô: tshia-pâi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chia'paai
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰia⁴⁴⁻²² pai²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰia³³ pai²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰia⁴⁴⁻²² pai¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰia⁴⁴⁻³³ pai²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰia⁴⁴⁻³³ pai²³/

Noun

車牌

1. number plate; license plate
2. vehicle make
3. (Cantonese, informal) driver's licence; driving licence
4. (Hakka) sign at bus stop

Synonyms

• (number plate): 號牌／号牌 (hàopái), 牌照 (páizhào)
• (driver's licence):

Dialectal synonyms of 駕駛執照 (“driving licence; driver's licence”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		駕駛執照, 駕駛證 Mainland
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	駕照, 駕證, 車本兒
	Taiwan	駕照, 駕駛執照
	Singapore	駕照, 駕駛執照
Cantonese	Guangzhou	車牌
	Hong Kong	車牌
	Taishan	車牌
	Kaiping (Chikan)	車牌
Hakka	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	車牌, 駕駛證
Jin	Taiyuan	車本兒
Southern Min	Tainan	駕駛執照, 駕照 GT
	Manila (Hokkien)	車頭字, 車字
	Wenchang	駕駛執照
Wu	Shanghai	駕照
	Wenzhou	駕駛證
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

• (sign at bus stop): 站牌 (zhànpái); (Min Nan) 車牌仔／车牌仔

Related terms

• 車型／车型 (chēxíng)

Further reading

• “Entry #51377”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.