粵

車ce1頭tau4

simp车头
ce1 tau4ce1 tau2chē tóu

English

  1. front of a car
  2. the front end of a vehicle ----
  3. the engine of a vehicle; sometimes extended to include engines of other transportation machines
  4. the previous nickname of "Detective Police Constable" of Hong Kong Police ----
  5. the nickname of "Sergeant of Force Transport Team" of Hong Kong Police

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 汽車嘅前面部份
  2. 汽車嘅引擎;有時亦都會引伸至其他引擎
  3. 以前香港警隊「刑事偵緝警員」職系嘅俗稱;而家叫「便衣」或者「雜差」
  4. 而家香港警隊負責調度警車嘅運輸組警長嘅俗稱。

Examples

  • 車頭的擋風玻璃被砸至粉碎。

    The front windshield of a car was smashed to pieces.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 我被前方驶来的车的车头灯晃得眼花。

    I was dazzled by the headlights of an approaching car.

    Tatoeba · crescat CC BY

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

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