# 動車
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): dòngchē
    (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄔㄜ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): dung$^6$ ce$^1$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): tōng-chhia
    (Teochew, Peng'im): dong$^6$ cia$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: dòngchē
*** Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄔㄜ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: dòngche
*** Wade–Giles: tung$^4$-chʻê$^1$
*** Yale: dùng-chē
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: donqche
*** Palladius: дунчэ (dunčɛ)
*** Sinological IPA : /tʊŋ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤ⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: dung$^6$ ce$^1$
*** Yale: duhng chē
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dung$^6$ tse$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: dung$^6$ cé$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /tʊŋ²² t͡sʰɛː⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōng-chhia
*** Tâi-lô: tōng-tshia
*** Phofsit Daibuun: doxngchiaf
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɔŋ³³⁻²¹ t͡sʰia⁴⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: dong$^6$ cia$^1$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tŏng tshia
*** Sinological IPA : /toŋ³⁵⁻¹¹ t͡sʰia³³/

### Noun

動車
* power car (a vehicle that propels a passenger train in a multiple unit; usually not including locomotives)
* Short for 動車組／动车组 (dòngchēzǔ, “multiple unit”).
* (Mainland China) Short for 普通動車組列車 (“a class of passenger train in mainland China”).
* (dated or Kaohsiung Hokkien) automobile; motor car

#### Usage notes

It is a common misconception that this term denotes a kind of railway line.

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 汽車 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 汽車 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 汽車 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 車 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 汽車, 車 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Xianxian (Xiaoying) | 汽車 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 汽車 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 汽車 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 汽車, 馬什乃 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 汽車 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 汽車 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 汽車 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Pingle | 汽車 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Luzhai | 汽車 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanning (Wuming) | 汽車 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Binyang (Nanjie) | 汽車 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hechi (Yizhou) | 汽車 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Luocheng (Dongmen) | 汽車 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Tianlin (Langping) | 汽車 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dagudi (Maliba) | 汽車 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Reshuitang (Longling) | 汽車 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mae Salong (Lancang) | 汽車 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mae Sai (Tengchong) | 汽車 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 汽車 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 汽車 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 汽車, 車 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 汽車, 車 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 汽車 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 汽車 |
| Cantonese | Guiping (Jintian) | 汽車 |
| Cantonese | Guiping (Jiangkou) | 汽車 |
| Cantonese | Guiping (Madong) | 汽車 |
| Cantonese | Qinzhou | 汽車 |
| Cantonese | Qinzhou (Xiniujiao) | 汽車 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 汽車 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 汽車 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 汽車 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 汽車 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 車 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 汽車 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 汽車 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 汽車 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 汽車 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 汽車, 自動車 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 汽車, 自動車 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 汽車, 自動車 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 汽車, 自動車 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 汽車, 自動車 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 汽車, 自動車 |
| Hakka | Kuching (Hepo) | 車 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 汽車 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 汽車 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 汽車 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 汽車, 風車, 大車, 電車 dated |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 風車 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 汽車, 風車, 大車 |
| Southern Min | Hui'an | 風車 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 汽車, 大車, 電車 dated |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 汽車, 風車 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 自動車 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 自動車 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 自動車, 動車 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 自動車 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 自動車 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 汽車, 自動車 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 自動車 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 自動車 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 汽車 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 自動車, 汽車 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 車 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 車, 風車 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 車, 風車 |
| Southern Min | Guilin (Biyange) | 汽車 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 汽車, 羅里 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 羅里 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 羅里 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 羅里 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 車, 風車 |
| Southern Min | Pontianak (Teochew) | 羅里 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 車 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 汽車 |
| Central Min | Nanping (Wangtai, Yanping) | 汽車 |
| Southern Pinghua | Binyang | 汽車 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 汽車, 大眼睛 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 汽車 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 汽車 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 汽車 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 汽車子 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 汽車 |

#### Derived terms

* 動車組／动车组 (dòngchēzǔ)

#### See also

* 地鐵／地铁 (dìtiě)
* 發電車／发电车 (fādiànchē)
* 高鐵／高铁 (gāotiě)
* 火車／火车 (huǒchē)
* 列車／列车 (lièchē)
* 鐵路／铁路 (tiělù)
* 自動車／自动车 (zìdòngchē)

### Verb

動⫽車 (verb-object) (intransitive)
* (chiefly nautical) to start (watercraft engine)
    主機動車／主机动车 ― zhǔjī dòngchē ― to start main engine

#### Synonyms

開車／开车 (kāichē)