上車

See also: 上车

Chinese

		up; on; on top up; on; on top; upon; first; previous or last; upper; higher; above; previous; to climb; to go into; to go up	vehicle on land; car; machine vehicle on land; car; machine; to shape with a lathe
trad. (上車)		上	車
simp. (上车)		上	车

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shàngchē

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄤˋ ㄔㄜ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng⁵ ce¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sông-chhâ
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chiūⁿ-chhia / chiǔⁿ-chhia / chiōⁿ-chhia

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ziên⁶ cia¹

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶zaon-tsho; ⁶zaon ¹tsho

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shàngchē
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄤˋ ㄔㄜ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shàngche
    • Wade–Giles: shang⁴-chʻê¹
    • Yale: shàng-chē
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shanqche
    • Palladius: шанчэ (šančɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɑŋ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: soeng⁵ ce¹
    • Yale: séuhng chē
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soeng⁵ tse¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêng⁵ cé¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ¹³ t͡sʰɛː⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sông-chhâ
    • Hakka Romanization System: song^ˊ ca^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: song¹ ca¹
    • Sinological IPA: /soŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰa²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiūⁿ-chhia
    • Tâi-lô: tsiūnn-tshia
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cviuxchiaf
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siũ³³⁻²¹ t͡sʰia⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡siũ³³⁻¹¹ t͡sʰia⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siũ²²⁻²¹ t͡sʰia⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiǔⁿ-chhia
    • Tâi-lô: tsiǔnn-tshia
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siũ²² t͡sʰia³³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiōⁿ-chhia
    • Tâi-lô: tsiōnn-tshia
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cvioixchiaf
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siɔ̃²²⁻²¹ t͡sʰia⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ziên⁶ cia¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsiĕⁿ tshia
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sĩẽ³⁵⁻¹¹ t͡sʰia³³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶zaon-tsho; ⁶zaon ¹tsho
    • MiniDict: zaon^去 tsho; zaon^去 tsho^平
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³zaan-tsho; ³zaan ¹tsho
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zɑ̃²² t͡sʰo⁴⁴/, /zɑ̃³³  t͡sʰo⁵³/

Verb

上⫽車 (verb-object) (intransitive)

1. to get into a car or other type of vehicle; to board a train

   你給我上車！／你给我上车！  ―  Nǐ gěi wǒ shàngchē!  ―  Get in!

   請排隊上車。／请排队上车。  ―  Qǐng páiduì shàngchē.  ―  Please line up for boarding.

2. (Cantonese) to buy real estate, especially for the first time (in this sense, it implies the property ownership can be temporary, so selling off the property would be 落車／落车 (luòchē)).
3. (archaic) to board a carriage; to board a chariot

Antonyms

• 下車／下车 (xiàchē)
• (dialectal) 落車／落车 (luòchē)

Derived terms

• 上車客 / 上车客
• 上車盤 / 上车盘

See also

• 上船 (shàngchuán)

Further reading

• “上車”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.