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Is 公車 really only used in Taiwan?


Christa

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Interesting, yes, I have also heard 公交车 in the mainland now I think about it but I never heard 公共汽車 although I read that this long form was used in the mainland rather than 公車.

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3 hours ago, abcdefg said:

I think the longer form, 公共汽车, is mainly newscaster language.

It's also an outdated slang term for promiscuous woman, similar to "village bicycle".

 

In mainland 公車 mainly exists in the phrase 公車私用, in which 公車 means 公家的車、公務用車.

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