Taivo A Taiwan Mandarin dictionary

公車

gōngchē

ㄍㄨㄥ ㄔㄜ

Simplified 公车 · mainland 公交

  1. 1bus
  2. 2abbr. for 公共汽車|公共汽车[gong1 gong4 qi4 che1]
  3. 3car belonging to an organization and used by its members (government car, police car, company car etc)
  4. 4abbr. for 公務用車|公务用车[gong1 wu4 yong4 che1]
In Taiwan

A city bus. Mainland speakers say 公交車; in Taiwan, long-distance coaches are 客運 rather than 公車.

Example

這班公車有到火車站嗎?

zhè bān gōngchē yǒu dào huǒchēzhàn ma

Does this bus go to the train station?

Keep 公車 and it comes back until you know it.

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