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A Taiwan Mandarin dictionary

124,726 words. 7,665 spoken by a Taiwanese voice.

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腳踏車

jiǎotàchē

ㄐㄧㄠˇ ㄊㄚˋ ㄔㄜ

Simplified 脚踏车 · mainland 自行車

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  1. 1(Tw) bicycle; bike
In Taiwan

The everyday Taiwan word for a bicycle; 自行車 is the more formal term and the mainland default. Shared rental bikes (YouBike) are 腳踏車 in conversation.

Example

我騎腳踏車去河濱公園。

wǒ qí jiǎotàchē qù hébīn gōngyuán

I ride my bike to the riverside park.

Measure word

輛

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