類火車

Chinese

		kind; type; class kind; type; class; category; similar; like; to resemble	fire vehicle; train; combat chariot carrying equipment for attack by fire
trad. (類火車)		類	火車
simp. (类火车)		类	火车
Literally: “quasi-train”.

Etymology

Coined by Wang Kwo-tsai, Minister of Transportation of Taiwan, in response to the railway strike in 2022.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lèihuǒchē

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄟˋ ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄔㄜ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lèihuǒchē
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄟˋ ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄔㄜ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lèihuǒche
    • Wade–Giles: lei⁴-huo³-chʻê¹
    • Yale: lèi-hwǒ-chē
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leyhuooche
    • Palladius: лэйхочэ (lɛjxočɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /leɪ̯⁵¹ xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤ⁵⁵/

Noun

類火車

1. (Taiwan, sometimes sarcastic) bus replacement service; bustitution