火車頭

火車頭

1. train engine; locomotive
2. (Taiwanese Hokkien, Taiwanese Hakka) train station
3. (Hong Kong, Macau, neologism, figuratively) one who smokes while walking on the streets
   • 2023 July 13, “日本經驗難減二手煙 質疑禁「火車頭」成效 [Japan's experience shows secondhand smoke is difficult to reduce / Effectiveness of banning "train engines" are called into question]”, in Ming Pao‎:

     政府昨日推出控煙策略諮詢，包括提出擴大禁煙區，以及禁止於街道上邊走邊吸煙的俗稱「火車頭」行為。 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
     政府昨日推出控烟策略谘询，包括提出扩大禁烟区，以及禁止于街道上边走边吸烟的俗称「火车头」行为。 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]

     zing³ fu² zok⁶ jat⁶ teoi¹ ceot¹ hung³ jin¹ caak³ loek⁶ zi¹ seon¹, baau¹ kut³ tai⁴ ceot¹ kwok³ daai⁶ gam³ jin¹ keoi¹, ji⁵ kap⁶ gam³ zi² jyu¹ gaai¹ dou⁶ soeng⁶ bin¹ zau² bin¹ kap¹ jin¹ dik¹ zuk⁶ cing¹ “fo² ce¹ tau⁴” hang⁴ wai⁴. [Jyutping]

     Yesterday, the government launched a consulation on strategies to control smoking, including a proposal to extend no smoking areas and to forbid smoking while walking on the streets, an act commonly known as a "train engine".

4. (Hong Kong Cantonese, slang) HKSAR passport

• (train engine): 機車／机车 (jīchē); (Hakka) 車嫲／车嫲; (Hokkien) 車母／车母
• (train station):

• (HKSAR passport): 廁所板／厕所板 (ci³ so² baan²), 廁板／厕板

• (Min Nan) “Entry #13986”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.