開車

See also: 开车

Chinese

		open; operate (vehicle); start	vehicle on land; car; machine vehicle on land; car; machine; to shape with a lathe
trad. (開車)		開	車
simp. (开车)		开	车

Etymology

The slang usages are inspired by an Internet meme in Mainland China.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kāichē

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄞ ㄔㄜ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hoi¹ ce¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khôi-chhâ
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): khui-chhia

  (Teochew, Peng'im): kui¹ cia¹

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹khe ¹tsho; ¹khe-tsho

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kāichē
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄞ ㄔㄜ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kaiche
    • Wade–Giles: kʻai¹-chʻê¹
    • Yale: kāi-chē
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kaiche
    • Palladius: кайчэ (kajčɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hoi¹ ce¹
    • Yale: hōi chē
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hoi¹ tse¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hoi¹ cé¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːi̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰɛː⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khôi-chhâ
    • Hakka Romanization System: koi^ˊ ca^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: koi¹ ca¹
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰoi̯²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰa²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khui-chhia
    • Tâi-lô: khui-tshia
    • Phofsit Daibuun: quichiaf
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰui⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰia⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰui³³ t͡sʰia³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰui⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰia⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰui⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰia⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰui⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰia⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: kui¹ cia¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khui tshia
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰui³³⁻²³ t͡sʰia³³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹khe ¹tsho; ¹khe-tsho
    • MiniDict: khe^平 tsho^平; khe^平 tsho
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹khe ¹tsho; ¹khe-tsho
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kʰe⁴⁴  t͡sʰo⁵³/, /kʰe⁵⁵ t͡sʰo²¹/

Verb

開⫽車 (verb-object) (intransitive)

1. to drive (a vehicle)

   把車開上轉盤／把车开上转盘  ―  bǎ chē kāi shàng zhuǎnpán  ―  to drive one's car onto a roundabout

   我不會開車。／我不会开车。  ―  Wǒ bù huì kāichē.  ―  I don't drive.

   我現在在開車去接你。 [MSC, trad.]
   我现在在开车去接你。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒ xiànzài zài kāichē qù jiē nǐ. [Pinyin]

   I'm driving over to pick you up right now.

2. to start driving (a vehicle)

   等埋佢哋上車先開車。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   等埋佢哋上车先开车。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   dang² maai⁴ keoi⁵ dei⁶ soeng⁵ ce¹ sin¹ hoi¹ ce¹. [Jyutping]

   Let's wait for them to get on before starting our trip.

3. (chiefly aviation) to start (aircraft engine)

   發動機開車／发动机开车  ―  fādòngjī kāichē  ―  to start engine

4. (chemistry) to start production (in chemical industry)
5. (Mainland China, slang) to share explicit or sexual material (by telling dirty jokes, uploading pornographic content, etc.)
6. (Mainland China, slang) (of film, TV drama, novel, etc.) to develop a sexual plot

Synonyms

• (to drive):

Dialectal synonyms of 開車 (“to drive (a vehicle)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		開車, 駕車
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	開車
	Malaysia	駕車
	Singapore	駕車
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	開車
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	開車
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	開車
	Wuhan	開車
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	開車
	Hefei	開車
Cantonese	Guangzhou	駛車, 開車, 揸車
	Hong Kong	揸車
	Taishan	駛車, 開車, 揸車
	Dongguan	揸車
	Yangjiang	駛車
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	揸車, 開車
	Penang (Guangfu)	揸車
	Singapore (Guangfu)	揸車
Gan	Nanchang	開車, 駕車
Hakka	Meixian	駛車
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	駛車, 揸車
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	駛車仔, 駛車
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	駛車仔, 駛車
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	駛車仔, 駛車
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	駛車
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	駛車仔, 駛車
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	駛車
	Senai (Huiyang)	駛車
Jin	Taiyuan	開車
Northern Min	Jian'ou	開車
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	開車
Southern Min	Xiamen	開車, 捍車, 駛車
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	開車
	Quanzhou	開車, 捍車
	Jinjiang	開車
	Zhangzhou	開車, 捍車, 駛車
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	駛車, 開車
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	駛車, 開車
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	駛車
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	駛車, 開車
	Yilan (Toucheng)	駛車, 開車
	Tainan	駛車
	Tainan (Anping)	駛車, 開車
	Penghu (Xiyu)	駛車
	Penang (Hokkien)	捍車, 駛車
	Singapore (Hokkien)	捍車, 駛車
	Manila (Hokkien)	捍車
	Chaozhou	駛車, 開車
	Shantou	開車
	Jieyang	開車, 駛車
	Haifeng	開車, 揸車 dated
	Bangkok (Teochew)	駛車
	Singapore (Teochew)	捍車, 駛車
	Wenchang	駛車
	Qionghai	駛車
	Singapore (Hainanese)	駛車
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	揸車, 開車
Wu	Suzhou	開車
	Wenzhou	開車
Xiang	Changsha	開車
	Shuangfeng	開車子

Derived terms

• 開車人／开车人 (kāichērén)
• 開車的／开车的 (kāichēde)

 

Related terms

• (slang usages): 老司機／老司机 (lǎosījī)
• (aviation): 關車／关车