綠皮車

Chinese

		green	leather; skin; fur	vehicle on land; car; machine vehicle on land; car; machine; to shape with a lathe
trad. (綠皮車)		綠	皮	車
simp. (绿皮车)		绿	皮	车

Etymology

So named because they are painted in green.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǜpíchē

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄩˋ ㄆㄧˊ ㄔㄜ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lǜpíchē
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄩˋ ㄆㄧˊ ㄔㄜ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lyùpíche
    • Wade–Giles: lü⁴-pʻi²-chʻê¹
    • Yale: lyù-pí-chē
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liuhpyiche
    • Palladius: люйпичэ (ljujpičɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ly⁵¹ pʰi³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤ⁵⁵/

Noun

綠皮車

在北京北站的綠皮車

1. (Mainland China) slow, old-fashioned train that is usually unairconditioned