Chinese

汽車

qìchē
automobile; motor vehicle; car (Classifier: 輛／辆 m; 臺／台 m; 架 c; 隻／只 mn-t)
  • TOCFL 3
  • 汽车

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Origin

Senses 1 and 2 are a phono-semantic matching of German Kutsche.

From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Lineage

  • borrowedGermanKutsche
    • borrowedHungariankocsi “cart; horse carriage”
      • derivedHungarianKocs
  • characterChinese汽 “gas (matter in an intermediate state between liquid and plasma)”
    • meaningChinese水 “water (Classifier: 瓶 m; 樽 c; 滴 m c; 池 m c; 盆 m c; 杯 m c)”
    • soundChinese气 “gas”
  • characterChinese車 “land vehicle; (specifically) car (Classifier: 輛／辆 m; 部 m c; 臺／台 m mn; 架 c; 頂／顶 mn; 張／张 mn-t; 乘 m)”

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