輛

See also: 輌 and 辆

輛	U+8F1B, 輛 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8F1B

← 輚
[U+8F1A]

CJK Unified Ideographs

輜 →
[U+8F1C]

Translingual edit

Traditional	輛
Shinjitai (extended)	輌
Simplified	辆

Han character edit

輛 (Kangxi radical 159, 車+8, 15 strokes, cangjie input 十十一中月 (JJMLB), four-corner 5102₇, composition ⿰車兩)

References edit

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1244, character 19
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 38361
Dae Jaweon: page 1721, character 10
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3537, character 8
Unihan data for U+8F1B

Chinese edit

trad.		輛
simp.		辆
alternative forms		輌 early simplified form

Glyph origin edit

Characters in the same phonetic series (兩) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
倆	*raŋʔ
兩	raŋʔ, raŋs
脼	*raŋʔ
緉	raŋʔ, raŋs
蜽	*raŋʔ
魎	*raŋʔ
輛	*raŋs

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *raŋs) : semantic 車 (“vehicle”) + phonetic 兩 (OC *raŋʔ, *raŋs).

Pronunciation edit

Mandarin
(Pinyin): liàng (liang⁴)
(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄤˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): loeng⁶, loeng^6-2
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): liòng
(Meixian, Guangdong): liong²
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): lióng / liáng
(Teochew, Peng'im): liang²
Wu (Wugniu)
- (Northern): ⁶lian

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: liàng
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄤˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: liàng
  - Wade–Giles: liang⁴
  - Yale: lyàng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lianq
  - Palladius: лян (ljan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɑŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: loeng⁶, loeng^6-2
  - Yale: leuhng, léung
  - Cantonese Pinyin: loeng⁶, loeng^6-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: lêng⁶, lêng^6-2
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lœːŋ²²/, /lœːŋ²²⁻³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: liòng
  - Hakka Romanization System: liongˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: liong²
  - Sinological IPA: /li̯oŋ¹¹/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: liong²
  - Sinological IPA: /liɔŋ¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lióng
  - Tâi-lô: lióng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: liorng
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɔŋ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /liɔŋ⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /liɔŋ⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liáng
  - Tâi-lô: liáng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: liarng
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /liaŋ⁵³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: liang²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: liáng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /liaŋ⁵²/
Wu
- (Shanghai):
  - Wugniu: ⁶lian
  - MiniDict: lian^去
  - Dictionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³lian
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /liã²³/

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*raŋs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	輛
Reading #	1/1
No.	8059
Phonetic component	兩
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	亮
Old Chinese	/*raŋs/
Notes	兩的晚起分化字

Definitions edit

輛

Classifier for wheeled vehicles. ⇒ all nouns using this classifier
一輛車／一辆车 ― yī liàng chē ― a car
一輛跑車／一辆跑车 ― yī liàng pǎochē ― a race car

Synonyms edit

Dialectal synonyms of 輛 (“(classifier for vehicles)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		輛, 部
Mandarin	Beijing	輛, 掛 >
	Taiwan	輛, 臺
	Jinan	輛, 掛 >
	Luoyang	輛, 部
	Xi'an	輛, 掛 >
	Yinchuan	輛
	Xining	輛
	Ürümqi	輛, 部
	Wuhan	乘, 部
	Chengdu	架, 掛, 輛
	Guiyang	部
	Liuzhou	部
	Xuzhou	輛, 部
	Yangzhou	掛, 輛
	Nanjing	部, 輛, 掛 dated
	Hefei	掛, 架
	Malaysia	輛
	Singapore	輛
Cantonese	Guangzhou	架, 部
	Hong Kong	架, 部
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	架
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	架
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	架
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	架
	Macau	架
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	架
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	架
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	架
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	架
	Foshan	架
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	架
	Foshan (Shunde)	架
	Foshan (Sanshui)	架
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	架
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	架
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	架
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	部
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	架
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	架
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	架
	Taishan	架
	Kaiping (Chikan)	架
	Enping (Niujiang)	架
	Heshan (Yayao)	架
	Dongguan	架
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	架
	Yangjiang	架
	Nanning	架
	Danzhou	架
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	堂
Gan	Nanchang	隻, 部
Gan	Pingxiang	部
Hakka	Meixian	輛, 架
	Xingning	架
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	輛
	Huiyang	架
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	架
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	架
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	架
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	輛
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	架
	Wengyuan	輛
	Liannan	架, 部
	Conghua (Lütian)	架
	Jiexi	輛
	Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)	輛
	Changting	架
	Wuping (Yanqian)	輛
	Ninghua	輛
	Ningdu	部
	Tonggu (Sandu)	部
	Ganzhou (Panlong)	頂
	Dayu	部, 輛
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	臺
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	臺
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	臺, 輛
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	臺
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	臺, 輛
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	輛
	Hong Kong	架
	Yangxi (Tangkou)	部
	Yangchun (Sanjia)	部
	Xinyi (Sihe)	部
	Xinyi (Qianpai)	部
	Gaozhou (Xindong)	架
	Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai)	架
	Huazhou (Xin'an)	部
	Lianjiang (Shijiao)	部
	Mengshan (Xihe)	部, 個
	Luchuan	架
	Senai (Huiyang)	床
	Singkawang	輛, 臺, 堂
Huizhou	Jixi	部
Jin	Taiyuan	輛, 掛 >, 部
Jin	Xinzhou	輛
Northern Min	Jian'ou	架
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	架, 部
	Changle	架
	Fuqing	架, 門
	Yongtai	架
	Gutian	架
	Fu'an	架
	Ningde	架
	Shouning	部
	Zhouning	篷
	Fuding	架
Southern Min	Xiamen	頂, 部, 把, 隻
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	頂
	Quanzhou	頂, 把, 隻
	Jinjiang	把, 頂
	Yongchun	頂
	Zhangzhou	頂, 隻
	Zhangpu	頂
	Tainan	臺
	Penang (Hokkien)	頂
	Singapore (Hokkien)	頂
	Manila (Hokkien)	頂
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	架
	Chaozhou	張, 隻
	Raoping	張
	Shantou	隻
	Shantou (Chenghai)	隻
	Haifeng	輛, 部
	Bangkok (Teochew)	隻
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	隻
	Singapore (Teochew)	頂, 張
	Leizhou	架
	Wenchang	架
	Haikou	架, 場
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	架, 部
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	架
Wu	Shanghai	部
	Shanghai (Chongming)	部
	Suzhou	部
	Danyang	部
	Hangzhou	部, 輛
	Ningbo	部
	Wenzhou	部, 把 †
	Jinhua	部
Xiang	Changsha	部, 張 †, 把 †
	Loudi	部
	Shuangfeng	間, 部
Note	> - large vehicles; † - large handcarts

Compounds edit

車輛／车辆 (chēliàng)
輛起／辆起

Japanese edit

Shinjitai (extended)	輌
Kyūjitai	輛

Kanji edit

輛

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 輌)

Readings edit

Go-on: ろう (rō)^{←らう (rau, historical)}
Kan-on: りょう (ryō)^{←りやう (ryau, historical)}
Kun: くるま (kuruma, 輛); ならぶ (narabu)

Definitions edit

For pronunciation and definitions of 輛 – see the following entry.

【両りょう】3

[counter] a car of a train

Alternative spelling
輌

(This term, 輛, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Usage notes edit

Usually substituted by 両 in modern usage.

Korean edit

Hanja edit

輛 • (ryang>yang) (hangeul 량>양, revised ryang>yang, McCune–Reischauer ryang>yang, Yale lyang>yang)

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Vietnamese edit

Han character edit

輛: Hán Nôm readings: lượng, lưỡng, lẫng

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