bi bu車

Chinese

			vehicle on land; car; machine vehicle on land; car; machine; to shape with a lathe
trad. (bi bu車)		bi bu	車
simp. (bi bu车)		bi bu	车
alternative forms		bibu車／bibu车

Etymology

Onomatopoeic of the siren of an ambulance.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bi¹ bu³ ce¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bi¹ bu³ ce¹
    • Yale: bī bu chē
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bi¹ bu³ tse¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bi¹ bu³ cé¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piː⁵⁵ puː³³ t͡sʰɛː⁵⁵/

Noun

bi bu車

1. (Cantonese, childish) ambulance (Classifier: 架 c)
   • 2012 September 26, “沙麗尾場搏晒命 跳到跪台 自笑微博千幾粉絲跟王菲無得比”, in 《大公報》‎^[1], page B14:

     葉蒨文（沙麗）四場紅館個唱前晚圓滿舉行，五十一歲的她又唱又跳，跳到跪在台上，要勞煩兩位拉丁舞老師扶起她，更笑言以為自己會心臟病發要叫bibu車（救護車）。 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
     叶蒨文（沙丽）四场红馆个唱前晚圆满举行，五十一岁的她又唱又跳，跳到跪在台上，要劳烦两位拉丁舞老师扶起她，更笑言以为自己会心脏病发要叫bibu车（救护车）。 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]

     jip⁶ sin⁶ man⁴ (saa¹ lai⁶) sei³ coeng⁴ hung⁴ gun² go³ coeng³ cin⁴ maan⁵ jyun⁴ mun⁵ geoi² hang⁵, ng⁵ sap⁶ jat¹ seoi³ dik¹ taa¹ jau⁶ coeng³ jau⁶ tiu³, tiu³ dou³ gwai⁶ zoi⁶ toi⁴ soeng⁶, jiu³ lou⁴ faan⁴ loeng⁵ wai^6-2 laai¹ ding¹ mou⁵ lou⁵ si¹ fu⁴ hei² taa¹, gang³ siu³ jin⁴ ji⁵ wai⁴ zi⁶ gei² wui⁵ sam¹ zong⁶ beng⁶ faat³ jiu³ giu³ bi¹ bu³ ce¹ (gau³ wu⁶ ce¹). [Jyutping]

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Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 救護車 (“ambulance”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		救護車
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	救護車
	Singapore	救護車, 救傷車
Southwestern Mandarin	Guilin	救護車
	Nanning (Wuming)	救護車
	Hechi (Yizhou)	救護車
Cantonese	Guangzhou	十字車
	Hong Kong	十字車, 白車, 救傷車, 救護車, bi bu車 childish
	Dongguan	救護車
	Guiping (Jintian)	救護車
	Guiping (Jiangkou)	急救車, 救護車
	Guiping (Madong)	救護車
	Qinzhou	救護車, 急救車
Gan	Pingxiang	救護車
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	救護車
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	救護車
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	救護車
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	救護車
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	救護車
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	救護車
Southern Min	Zhao'an	救護車
	Tainan	救護車
	Penang (Hokkien)	紅十字車, 老君車
	Singapore (Hokkien)	紅十字車, 救傷車
	Singapore (Teochew)	紅十字車
Wu	Shanghai	救命車, 救護車
	Ningbo	救命車, 救護車
	Wenzhou	救命車