giu2 ce1轎車轿车
Jyutpinggiu2 ce1
Yalegíu chē
Definition
Saloon; sedan; private car.
neutraltransport
How it's used
Refers specifically to a sedan or saloon car, though in everyday Hong Kong Cantonese, people almost exclusively use 私家車 to describe any private passenger vehicle. Using 轎車 can sound slightly formal or like a direct translation from written Chinese or Mandarin. Most locals will find it perfectly understandable but will naturally opt for 私家車 in casual conversation.
Measure word
gaa3架gaExamples
Related words
Common mistake
Learners often use 轎車 because it appears in dictionaries, but it is much less common than 私家車 in daily life. Using it might make your speech sound slightly stiff or like you are reading from a textbook.
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.
