# 計程車
## Chinese

* 計程車 (Written Standard Chinese)
* kè-thêng-chhia (Southern Min)

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): jìchéngchē
    (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˋ ㄔㄥˊ ㄔㄜ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): gai$^3$ cing$^4$ ce$^1$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): kie-chhàng-chhâ / ki-chhàng-chhâ / ke-hàng-chhâ
    (Hailu, HRS): gie$^ˇ$ chang cha$^ˋ$
* Eastern Min (BUC): gié-tiàng-chiă
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kè-thêng-chhia / kè-têng-chhia / khè-thêng-chhia
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: jìchéngchē
*** Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˋ ㄔㄥˊ ㄔㄜ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jìchéngche
*** Wade–Giles: chi$^4$-chʻêng$^2$-chʻê$^1$
*** Yale: jì-chéng-chē
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jihcherngche
*** Palladius: цзичэнчэ (czičɛnčɛ)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕi⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤ⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gai$^3$ cing$^4$ ce$^1$
*** Yale: gai chìhng chē
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gai$^3$ tsing$^4$ tse$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: gei$^3$ qing$^4$ cé$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /kɐi̯³³ t͡sʰɪŋ²¹ t͡sʰɛː⁵⁵/
* Hakka
** (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kie-chhàng-chhâ
*** Hakka Romanization System: gie cang$^ˇ$ ca$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: gie$^4$ cang$^2$ ca$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /ki̯e⁵⁵ t͡sʰaŋ¹¹ t͡sʰa²⁴/
** (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ki-chhàng-chhâ / ke-hàng-chhâ
*** Hakka Romanization System: gi cang$^ˇ$ ca$^ˊ$ / ge hang$^ˇ$ ca$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: gi$^4$ cang$^2$ ca$^1$ / ge$^4$ hang$^2$ ca$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /ki⁵⁵ t͡sʰaŋ¹¹ t͡sʰa²⁴/, /ke⁵⁵ haŋ¹¹ t͡sʰa²⁴/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: gie$^ˇ$ chang cha$^ˋ$
*** Sinological IPA: /kie¹¹ t͡ʃʰaŋ⁵⁵ t͡ʃʰa⁵³/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: gié-tiàng-chiă
*** Sinological IPA : /kie²¹³⁻⁵⁵ $^{(tʰ-)}$liaŋ⁵³⁻⁵⁵ $^{(t͡sʰ-)}$ʒia⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kè-thêng-chhia
*** Tâi-lô: kè-thîng-tshia
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kea'tengchiaf
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /ke²¹⁻⁴¹ tʰiɪŋ²³⁻³³ t͡sʰia⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /ke¹¹⁻⁵³ tʰiɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰia⁴⁴/
** (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kè-têng-chhia
*** Tâi-lô: kè-tîng-tshia
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kea'dengchiaf
*** IPA (Taipei): /ke¹¹⁻⁵³ tiɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰia⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /ke²¹⁻⁴¹ tiɪŋ²³⁻³³ t͡sʰia⁴⁴/
** (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khè-thêng-chhia
*** Tâi-lô: khè-thîng-tshia
*** Phofsit Daibuun: qea'tengchiaf
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰe²¹⁻⁴¹ tʰiɪŋ²³⁻³³ t͡sʰia⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /kʰe¹¹⁻⁵³ tʰiɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰia⁴⁴/

### Noun

計程車
* (chiefly Taiwan) taxi; cab (Classifier: 輛／辆 m; 臺／台 m)

#### Usage notes

* This is the preferred term in Taiwan. However, it is also widely used in Mainland China.

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 出租汽車 Mainland China, 出租車 Mainland China, 計程車 Taiwan, 的士 Hong Kong, 德士 Singapore |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 計程車, 小黃 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 德士, 的士 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 德士 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 出租車 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 出租車 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 出租車 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 出租車 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 出租車 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 出租車 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 出租車, 的士 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 的士, 老的 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 的士 |
| Cantonese | Qinzhou | 出租車, 的士, 的 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 出租汽車 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 計程車, 他庫西 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 計程車, 他庫西 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 計程車, 他庫西 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 計程車, 他庫西 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 計程車, 他庫西 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 計程車, 他庫西 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 的士 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 的士 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 的士 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 的士 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 的士, 計程車 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Tamsui) | 計程車, tha-khú-sih |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Pingxi) | tha-khú-sih |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Cijin) | 計程車 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) | 計程車, tha-khú-sih |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Toucheng) | 計程仔 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 計程車 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Xiyu) | 計程車, tha-khú-sih |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 德司 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 德司 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 的士, 計程車, 計車, 客車 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 的士 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 的士 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 的士 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 德司 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 的士, 出租汽車 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 差頭, 出租車 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 出租車 |

#### Descendants

* → Zhuang: gicwngzceh

### Further reading

* “Entry #5555”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.