# 機車
## Chinese
### Etymology 1
#### “motorcycle”

    Short for 機器腳踏車／机器脚踏车 (jīqì jiǎotàchē).

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): jīchē
    (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧ ㄔㄜ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): gei$^1$ ce$^1$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): kî-chhâ
    (Hailu, HRS): gi$^ˋ$ cha$^ˋ$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ki-chhia
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: jīchē
*** Zhuyin: ㄐㄧ ㄔㄜ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jiche
*** Wade–Giles: chi$^1$-chʻê$^1$
*** Yale: jī-chē
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiche
*** Palladius: цзичэ (czičɛ)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕi⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤ⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gei$^1$ ce$^1$
*** Yale: gēi chē
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gei$^1$ tse$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: géi$^1$ cé$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /kei̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰɛː⁵⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kî-chhâ
*** Hakka Romanization System: gi$^ˊ$ ca$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: gi$^1$ ca$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /ki²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰa²⁴/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: gi$^ˋ$ cha$^ˋ$
*** Sinological IPA: /ki⁵³ t͡ʃʰa⁵³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ki-chhia
*** Tâi-lô: ki-tshia
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kichiaf
*** IPA (Xiamen): /ki⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰia⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /ki³³ t͡sʰia³³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /ki⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰia⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /ki⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰia⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /ki⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰia⁴⁴/

#### Noun

機車
* train engine; locomotive
* (Taiwan) scooter; motorcycle

##### Synonyms

* (train engine): 火車頭／火车头 (huǒchētóu); (Hakka) 車嫲／车嫲; (Hokkien) 車母／车母
* (motorcycle):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 摩托車 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 電驢子, 屁驢子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 機車, 機器腳踏車, 機踏車, 摩托車 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 摩托車, 摩托, 電驢子, 皮驢子, 屁驢子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 電驢子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 電單車, 摩多西卡, 摩哆, 摩哆車 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 電單車, 摩多西卡, 摩托車, 摩哆, 摩哆車 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 電驢子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 摩托車, 電驢子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 摩托, 電驢子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 摩托車, 電驢子, 電蹦子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 摩托車 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 摩托 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 摩托車, 摩托 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 摩托車, мотоцикл |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 摩托車, 摩托, 電蹦子, 電驢 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 蹦蹦車, 電蹦子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 摩托車 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 摩托車, 摩托, 打屁車 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 機器腳踏車, 摩托車, 打屁車 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 摩托車, 摩托, 打屁車 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 摩托車 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Pingle | 摩托車 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 摩托車 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Luzhai | 摩托車 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanning (Wuming) | 摩托車, 摩托 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hechi (Yizhou) | 摩托車, 摩托, 兩輪 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Luocheng (Dongmen) | 摩托, 摩托車 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 馬達車兒 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 機器腳踏車 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 摩托車, 電單車 dated |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 電單車, 26 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 電單車 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 摩托車, 摩托 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 摩托車, 摩托, 電單車 |
| Cantonese | Guiping (Jintian) | 摩托車 |
| Cantonese | Guiping (Jiangkou) | 摩托車, 摩托 |
| Cantonese | Guiping (Madong) | 摩托車 |
| Cantonese | Qinzhou | 摩托車, 摩托 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 摩哆, 摩哆跛 |
| Cantonese | Penang (Guangfu) | 摩哆 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 摩哆, 電單車 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 摩托車 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 摩托車 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 摩托 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 摩托, 摩托車 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 摩馱車 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 機車, 奧多拜 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 引擎, 奧多拜 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 機車, 奧多拜 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 機車, 奧多拜 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 機車, 奧多拜 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 引擎, 機車, 奧多拜 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 摩哆 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 摩托車, 摩托, 摩托卡 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 摩托, 一腳踹 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 電毛驢, 電驢子 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 摩托, 電驢子 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 噗噗車 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 摩托車 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 摩托車, 摩托, 摩托駛甲, 摩托甲, 噗噗車 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 噗仔甲 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 摩托車, 摩托, 摩托駛甲, 噗噗車 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 摩托車, 摩托, 摩托駛甲, 噗噗車 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 摩托 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 歐兜邁 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 歐兜邁 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 歐兜邁 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 歐兜邁 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 歐兜邁 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 歐兜邁 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 歐兜邁 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 機車 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 歐兜邁 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 噗噗車, 機車, 摩托車, 歐兜邁 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 歐兜邁 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 摩哆 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 摩哆, 摩托駛甲, 噗噗車 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 摩哆, 摩托車, 噗噗車 |
| Southern Min | Guilin (Biyange) | 摩托車 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 摩托車 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 摩托車 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 摩哆, 摩哆車 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 摩哆, 摩哆西居 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 摩托車, 摩托 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 摩托車 |
| Southern Min | Qionghai | 摩托車, 摩托 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 摩哆車 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 摩托車, 電單車 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 摩托車, 機器腳踏車 dated |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 摩托車 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 機器腳踏車, 摩托車 |
| Wu | Danyang | 馬達快 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 機器腳踏車, 摩托車 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 摩托車, 馬達卡 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 摩托車 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 摩托車, 摩托卡 |

### Etymology 2

Altered from 機歪／机歪 (jīwāi), itself a euphemism for Hokkien 膣屄 (chi-bai, “cunt”) (also written as 雞掰／鸡掰 (jībāi) in Mandarin).

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): jīchē
    (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧ ㄔㄜ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: jīchē
*** Zhuyin: ㄐㄧ ㄔㄜ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jiche
*** Wade–Giles: chi$^1$-chʻê$^1$
*** Yale: jī-chē
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiche
*** Palladius: цзичэ (czičɛ)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕi⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤ⁵⁵/

#### Adjective

機車
* (Taiwan, minced oath) hard to get along with
    Synonym: 機歪／机歪 (jīwāi)
    你很機車。／你很机车。 ― Nǐ hěn jīchē. ― You're such a pain in the ass.