ce1 cong2車廠车厂
Jyutpingce1 cong2
Yalechē chóng
Definition
A depot for buses or trains, a car manufacturing factory, or an automobile manufacturer.
- depot or maintenance facility for public transit vehicles
- car manufacturing factory
- automobile manufacturer; carmaker
colloquialtransportwork
How it's used
Distinguishing between a maintenance depot and a manufacturing plant depends entirely on the context of the conversation. When referring to public transport, it almost exclusively denotes the facility where vehicles are parked and serviced overnight. In a business context, it refers to the brand or the factory responsible for vehicle production.
Measure word
gaan1間gānExamples
The bus has returned to the depot for maintenance.
Related words
Common mistake
Do not confuse this with 車房, which refers to a small, local auto repair workshop or garage. Using 車廠 to describe a neighborhood mechanic shop sounds like you are referring to a massive industrial facility.
Grammar color guide
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Classifier
Particle
Connector
Grammar guides
- LocationHow to say where something is using 喺 (hai2), place words like 度, and the common coverbs that work like English prepositions.
- Serial verbsStringing two or more verbs together without any joining word, like go to the shop buy things. Extremely common in Cantonese.
- 將 disposalHow to move the object in front of the verb with 將, to focus on what happens to it. Common in instructions and writing.
