引擎
Chinese
to pull; to lead | to lift up | ||
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trad. (引擎) | 引 | 擎 | |
simp. #(引擎) | 引 | 擎 | |
alternative forms | 因擎 Wu |
Etymology
Phono-semantic matching of English engine. First entered Chinese through Shanghainese. Entered Taiwanese Hakka and Min Nan via Japanese エンジン (enjin).
Pronunciation
Noun
引擎
- engine (mechanical device or part of a car)
- 引擎故障 ― yǐnqíng gùzhàng ― engine failure
- (computing) engine (software or hardware system responsible for a specific task)
- (Taiwanese Hokkien, Taiwanese Hakka) motorcycle
Synonyms
- (engine):
- (motorcycle):
Dialectal synonyms of 摩托車 (“motorcycle”) [map]
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