駕照

See also: 驾照

Chinese

		to drive; to draw; to harness to drive; to draw; to harness; to mount	according to; in accordance with; to shine according to; in accordance with; to shine; to illuminate; to reflect; photograph
trad. (駕照)		駕	照
simp. (驾照)		驾	照

Etymology

Short for 駕駛執照／驾驶执照 (jiàshǐ zhízhào).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiàzhào

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄚˋ ㄓㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaa³ ziu³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kà-chiàu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiàzhào
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄚˋ ㄓㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiàjhào
    • Wade–Giles: chia⁴-chao⁴
    • Yale: jyà-jàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiahjaw
    • Palladius: цзячжао (czjačžao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ä⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gaa³ ziu³
    • Yale: ga jiu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaa³ dziu³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ga³ jiu³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaː³³ t͡siːu̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kà-chiàu
    • Tâi-lô: kà-tsiàu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: karciaux
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ka²¹⁻⁵³ t͡siau²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ka⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡siau⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ka²¹⁻⁵³ t͡siau²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ka¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡siau¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ka²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡siau²¹/

Noun

駕照

1. driver's license

   你的駕照是用雞腿換的嗎？ [MSC, trad.]
   你的驾照是用鸡腿换的吗？ [MSC, simp.]

   Nǐ de jiàzhào shì yòng jītuǐ huàn de ma? [Pinyin]

   Did you get your driving licence by exchanging with a chicken leg? (Used for mocking people with poor driving skills)

Synonyms

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)