tho͘-lá-khuh

Borrowed from Japanese トラック (torakku), from English truck.

• (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tho͘-lá-khuh
  • Tâi-lô: thoo-lá-khuh
  • Phofsit Daibuun: tolafquq
  • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /tʰɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ la⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰuʔ³²/
  • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ la⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kʰuʔ³²/

tho͘-lá-khuh

1. (Taiwanese Hokkien) truck

• 卡車 / 卡车 (khah-chhia)

• → Mandarin: (Taiwanese Mandarin, dated) 拖拉庫 / 拖拉库 (tuōlākù, “truck”)

• “tho͘-lá-khuh”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2026.