ce1 fai3車費车费
Jyutpingce1 fai3
Yalechē fai
Definition
Fare; the fee paid for taking land-based public transportation.
colloquialmoneytransport
How it's used
Focuses specifically on the cost of travel on land-based public transport like buses, trams, or taxis. It is rarely used for air travel or long-distance train journeys, where terms like 機票 or 船飛 are preferred. When discussing the total cost of a trip including multiple transfers, locals often use the broader term 交通費 instead.
Measure word
bat1筆bātExamples
I don't have small change for the fare, it's so embarrassing.
Related words
Common mistake
Do not use this for the price of a flight or a ferry ticket, as it specifically implies land transport. Also, avoid using it for the cost of owning a car, such as petrol or maintenance, which would be referred to as 養車費用.
Grammar color guide
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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.
