Tâi-oân Chè-chō

Entries categorized as ‘Transport’

Greater Taipei

July 17, 2009 · Leave a Comment

Tâi-pak îⁿ-kôan

Categories: Economics · Politics · Transport

Take a shortcut

May 26, 2009 · Leave a Comment

Kiâⁿ té-lō•

Literally: “Walk the short road”

Categories: Transport · Vices

Rush Hour

May 24, 2009 · Leave a Comment

Siōng-hā-pan sî-kan

Literally: “the going-to-and-getting-off-work time”

Categories: Transport · Work

Multiple-entry visa

December 18, 2008 · Leave a Comment

To-chhù ji̍p8-kéng chhiam-chèng

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He̍k8-hoat gō·-nî ê tn̂g-kî to-chhù ji̍p8-kéng chhiam-chèng

Approve a five-year, multiple-entry visa

Categories: Transport

Stop over for four hours

December 12, 2008 · Leave a Comment

Thêng-lîu  sì sío-sî

Categories: Transport

Keep the change

December 10, 2008 · Leave a Comment

M̄-bían chāu.

Categories: Business · Transport

Courtesy seat

October 28, 2008 · Leave a Comment

Phok-ài-chō

This is one name for the seats on buses and trains in Taiwan that are supposed to be given up for the elderly, injured, pregnant, etc. 博愛座 in Mandarin.

Categories: Religion and Morality · Transport

A note about yesterday’s cartoon

September 15, 2008 · Leave a Comment

In the second frame, the father says:

Chiūⁿ-kiā ū-kàu thiám-thâu… (Going uphill is really tiring)

This sounds a little strange to me (and most people I’ve asked).  It’s much more common to hear peh for “go up” instead of chiūⁿ, as in peh soa (go up/climb the mountain) or peh kiā /peh khiā (go uphill).

Chiūⁿ, on the other hand, turns up more in expressions like “get on the bus/get in the car” (chiūⁿ chhia) or “get up on stage” (chiūⁿ-tâi).

Categories: Ch · P · Things to watch out for · Transport

Maglev train

July 17, 2008 · Leave a Comment

Chû-phû lia̍t8-chhia

Categories: Ch · Science and Technology · Transport

MTV, pimp my ride!

March 26, 2008 · Leave a Comment

MTV, kái-chō góa ê aì-chhia.

 

Categories: A · K · Transport