機車
jīchē
ㄐㄧ ㄔㄜ
Simplified 机车 · mainland 摩托
- 1locomotive; train engine car
- 2(coll.) motorcycle
- 3(Tw) scooter; motorcycle
- 4(Tw) (slang) hard to get along with; annoying
- 5(Tw) damn!; crap!
In Taiwan
A scooter — the default way to get around Taiwan, and far more common than its mainland sense of "locomotive". Also everyday slang for someone being annoying or difficult.
Example
他每天騎機車去上班。
tā měitiān qí jīchē qù shàngbān
He rides his scooter to work every day.