See also: 车祸 Chinese More information vehicle on land; car; machinevehicle on land; car; machine; to shape with a lathe, disaster ... vehicle on land; car; machinevehicle on land; car; machine; to shape with a lathe disaster trad. (車禍) 車 禍 simp. (车祸) 车 祸 Close Etymology Compare Russian автокатастро́фа (avtokatastrófa, literally “auto-catastrophe”). Pronunciation Mandarin (Pinyin): chēhuò (Zhuyin): ㄔㄜ ㄏㄨㄛˋ Cantonese (Jyutping): ce1 wo6 Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhâ-fo Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhia-hō / chhia-ěr (Teochew, Peng'im): cia1 hua6 Mandarin (Standard Chinese)+ Hanyu Pinyin: chēhuò Zhuyin: ㄔㄜ ㄏㄨㄛˋ Tongyong Pinyin: chehuò Wade–Giles: chʻê1-huo4 Yale: chē-hwò Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chehuoh Palladius: чэхо (čɛxo) Sinological IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɤ⁵⁵ xu̯ɔ⁵¹/ Cantonese (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+ Jyutping: ce1 wo6 Yale: chē woh Cantonese Pinyin: tse1 wo6 Guangdong Romanization: cé1 wo6 Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰɛː⁵⁵ wɔː²²/ Hakka (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu) Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhâ-fo Hakka Romanization System: caˊ fo Hagfa Pinyim: ca1 fo4 Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰa²⁴⁻¹¹ fo⁵⁵/ Southern Min (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore) Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhia-hō Tâi-lô: tshia-hō Phofsit Daibuun: chia'hoi IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Singapore): /t͡sʰia⁴⁴⁻²² ho²²/ IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰia⁴⁴⁻³³ ho³³/ IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰia⁴⁴⁻³³ hɤ³³/ (Hokkien: Quanzhou) Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhia-ěr Tâi-lô: tshia-ěr IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰia³³ ə²²/ (Teochew) Peng'im: cia1 hua6 Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshia huă Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰia³³⁻²³ hua³⁵/ Noun 車禍 car accident; traffic incident; car crash (Classifier: 場／场 c) 我昨天發生了車禍。 [MSC, trad.]我昨天发生了车祸。 [MSC, simp.]Wǒ zuótiān fāshēng le chēhuò. [Pinyin]I was in a car accident yesterday. 急轉彎以避免撞到動物是造成車禍的主要原因。 [MSC, trad.]急转弯以避免撞到动物是造成车祸的主要原因。 [MSC, simp.]Jízhuǎnwān yǐ bìmiǎn zhuàng dào dòngwù shì zàochéng chēhuò de zhǔyào yuányīn. [Pinyin]Swerving to avoid animals is a major cause of crashes. Derived terms 連環車禍／连环车祸 (liánhuán chēhuò) Verb 車禍 (figurative, slang) to go off-key; to train wreck in a music performance Wikiwand - on Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.