Cars in Tâi-gí

What does your car look like? Is it a truck, or a taxi? This week, we’ll talk about how we name different cars in Tâi-gí.

●Words to know:

1. 烏頭仔車 oo-thâu-á-tshia (n.) luxurious sedan

2. 計程車 kè-thîng-tshia (n.) taxi

3. 警車 kíng-tshia (n.) police car

4. 救護車 kiù-hōo-tshia (n.) ambulance

5. 水龍車 tsuí-lîng-tshia (n.) fire truck

6. 發財仔車 huat-tsâi-á-tshia (n.) light truck

●Idiom of the week:

牛車駛落崎。

Gû-tshia sái lo̍h-kiā.

(An oxcart goes down the hill.)