火fo2車ce1

English

1. train
2. train; generally excludes high speed rail, metro, underground rails, light rails, and trams
3. an informal name for the former Kowloon-Canton Railway (KCR), which has now become the East Rail Line since the merge of the MTR and the KCR

量詞 — Classifiers

• 列lie4
• 節jie2
• 班ban1
• 趟tang4

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 地面重型鐵路列車嘅俗稱；係喺普通鐵軌上面行，可以有好多卡嘅陸上交通工具；因為以前嘅火車用燒煤煲水出蒸氣來推動，至今服務同類鐵路嘅重型列車都會叫火車；不過，通常唔包高鐵、輕鐵、地下鐵、纜車（量詞：架／部）
2. 九廣鐵路列車嘅俗稱，自兩鐵合併後，就變成東鐵綫列車嘅俗稱

Examples

• 搭火車

  to ride on a train

• 子彈火車

  bullet train

• 坐蒸氣火車

  to take a steam train

• 架火車準時嚟到。

  The train arrived on time.

  Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

• 喺火車見到個靚女。

  I saw a beauty on the train.

• 我搭火車去咗神戶。

  I went to Kobe by train.

  Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

• 架火車行緊五十咪。

  The train is traveling at the rate of 50 miles an hour.

  Tatoeba · kaenif CC BY

• 我平時搭火車返學㗎。

  I usually go to school by East Rail line.