fo2 zuk1 ce1火燭車火烛车
Jyutpingfo2 zuk1 ce1
Yalefó jūk chē
Definition
Fire engine or fire truck.
colloquialtransport
How it's used
While this term is widely understood, it is considered more informal than the standard term 消防車. It carries a slightly more urgent or dramatic tone, often used by children or in casual conversation when spotting a fire engine in the distance. Using 消防車 is safer and more appropriate in formal or professional contexts.
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gaa3架gaExamples
There is a fire engine parked at the street corner, it looks like something caught fire.
Related words
Common phrases
fire engine siren
Common mistake
Do not confuse this with the verb phrase 火燭, which simply means to catch fire or to have a fire. Using 火燭車 to describe the act of a building burning would be incorrect.
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Grammar guides
- Directional complementsThe small words added after a verb to show direction of movement, like up, down, out, in, and back. Common in everyday Cantonese.
- DemonstrativesThis and that with 呢 and 嗰, the personal pronouns, and how 哋 turns I, you, and he into we, you all, and they.
- Resultative complementsSticking a result word onto a verb to show how it turned out, like eat until full or look and find. A productive everyday pattern.
