火蒸車
Chinese
editfire; angry; fierce fire; angry; fierce; fiery; thriving |
to steam | vehicle on land; car; machine vehicle on land; car; machine; to shape with a lathe | ||
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trad. (火蒸車) | 火 | 蒸 | 車 | |
simp. (火蒸车) | 火 | 蒸 | 车 | |
alternative forms | 火烝車/火烝车 |
Etymology
editFirst attested in 1835, in the Eastern Western Monthly Magazine.
Pronunciation
edit- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄓㄥ ㄔㄜ
- Tongyong Pinyin: huǒjhengche
- Wade–Giles: huo3-chêng1-chʻê1
- Yale: hwǒ-jēng-chē
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huoojengche
- Palladius: хочжэнчэ (xočžɛnčɛ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Noun
edit火蒸車
- (obsolete) train
- 1835 六月, “火蒸車”, in 東西洋考每月統記傳 [Eastern Western Monthly Magazine][1]:
- 況且駕火蒸車,一箇時間,走九十里路,如馬之飛,不用馬,不恃牛,任意飛跑。……利圭普海口,隔曼者士特邑,一百三十里路,因兩邑的交易甚多,其運貨之事不止。……故用火蒸車,即蒸推其車之輪,將火蒸機,縛車輿,載幾千担貨,而那火蒸車自然拉之。二時之間,諸車走一百三十里路。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- Kuàngqiě jià huǒzhēngchē, yī gè shíjiān, zǒu jiǔshí lǐ lù, rú mǎ zhī fēi, bù yòng mǎ, bù shì niú, rènyì fēipǎo....... Lìguīpǔ hǎikǒu, gé Mànzhěshìtè yì, yībǎi sānshí lǐ lù, yīn liǎng yì de jiāoyì shèn duō, qí yùn huò zhī shì bùzhǐ....... Gù yòng huǒzhēngchē, jí zhēng tuī qí chē zhī lún, jiāng huǒzhēngjī, fù chēyú, zǎi jǐ qiān dàn huò, ér nà huǒzhēngchē zìrán lā zhī. Èr shí zhī jiān, zhū chē zǒu yībǎi sānshí lǐ lù. [Pinyin]
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况且驾火蒸车,一个时间,走九十里路,如马之飞,不用马,不恃牛,任意飞跑。……利圭普海口,隔曼者士特邑,一百三十里路,因两邑的交易甚多,其运货之事不止。……故用火蒸车,即蒸推其车之轮,将火蒸机,缚车舆,载几千担货,而那火蒸车自然拉之。二时之间,诸车走一百三十里路。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
- 1838, Elijah Coleman Bridgman, 美理哥合省國志略[2]:
- 又有作烟櫃之所七間,其烟櫃在車則云火烝車,在船則云曰火船,此皆賴水烝之力旋轉而行也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- Yòu yǒu zuò yānguì zhī suǒ qī jiān, qí yānguì zài chē zé yún huǒzhēngchē, zài chuán zé yún yuē huǒchuán, cǐ jiē lài shuǐzhēng zhī lì xuánzhuǎn ér xíng yě. [Pinyin]
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又有作烟柜之所七间,其烟柜在车则云火烝车,在船则云曰火船,此皆赖水烝之力旋转而行也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]