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公車

简公车 · 繁公車

Mandarin · pinyin gōng chē

bus
abbr. for 公共汽車 gōng gòng qì chē
car belonging to an organization and used by its members (government car, police car, company car etc)
abbr. for 公務用車 gōng wù yòng chē

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公: gōng · fair, equitable; public; duke
車: chē · cart, vehicle; carry in a cart; Kangxi radical 159
车: chē · cart, vehicle; carry in cart

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1–1 · gong1 che1

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noun

(chiefly Taiwan) public bus
public vehicle; vehicle which is not privately owned
(Taiwanese Mandarin, Shanghainese, by extension) perverted girl; town bicycle

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