粵

電din6車ce1

simp电车
din6 ce1diàn chē

English

  1. tram; streetcar
  2. tram
  3. tram (In Hong Kong, the term usually refers to the double-decker trams running along the north of Hong Kong Island; cable powered trams are called 纜車)
  4. trolleybus
  5. electric-powered vehicle
  6. electric car
  7. e-bike
  8. (in the context of Japan) electric train
  9. electric multiple unit; electric train with multiple carriages
  10. electric vehicle, electric car

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 公共交通工具;利用架空電纜嘅電力推動嘅鐵路系統,通常喺馬路上嘅路軌上面行駛,係世界各地都好常見嘅鐵路系統,香港只係得港島北部有電車(量詞:架)
  2. 電動列車;日文借詞,泛指所有以電力驅動嘅列車、火車
  3. 電動車

Examples

  • 去跑馬地嘅話,可以搭電車。

    You can go to Happy Valley by tram.

  • 我嘅市區平均每日有超過15萬人使用電車(截至2019年3月底)。 佢係我哋生活入面必要嘅交通工具。

    Tatoeba CC BY

  • 我买了辆电车。

    I bought an electric car.

    Tatoeba · jan_OkulaJu CC BY

  • 电车将准点到达。

    The train is to arrive on time.

    Tatoeba · zhouj1955 CC BY

  • 電車五分鐘後要發車。

    The tram leaves in 5 minutes.

    Tatoeba · wolfwind CC BY

  • 电影院离电车站近吗?

    Is the movie theater near the station?

    Tatoeba · rickjiang CC BY

  • 我把雨伞留在电车上了。

    I left my umbrella on the train.

    Tatoeba · aliene CC BY

  • 東京啲電車好方便。

    Trains in Tokyo are very convenient.

Sources: cc-canto, cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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