風車

風車

1. windmill; wind turbine
2. winnower
3. pinwheel
4. (Hokkien, Singapore Teochew) automobile; motor car; sedan
   • 2003, 周长楫, 周清海, “一支雨伞圆辚辚”, in 新加坡闽南话俗语歌谣选 [Folk Songs and Proverbs in Singapore Minnan Dialect] (南大语言文化丛书), performed by 赖英凤, page 266:

     要去風車著放定，問恁阿嫂要坨行？ [Hokkien, trad.]
     要去风车着放定，问恁阿嫂要坨行？ [Hokkien, simp.]

     Beh khì hong-chhia tio̍h pàng-tiāⁿ, mn̄g lín a-só beh tôa kiâⁿ? [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     If you want to go, the car needs to be parked right, and ask your sister-in-law where to go.

5. (Longyan Min, Datian Min) kite (toy)
6. (Medan Hokkien) bicycle

• (windmill): (Hokkien) 蟧蜈車／𮔚蜈车
• (automobile):

• (kite):

• (bicycle):

From Middle Chinese 風車 (MC pjuwng tsyhae, “wind + wheel”).

• (Tokyo) ふうしゃ [fúꜜùshà] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1][2][3]
• (Tokyo) ふうしゃ [fùúshá] (Heiban – [0])^[1][2][3]
• IPA^(key): [ɸɯ̟ːɕa̠]

風(ふう)車(しゃ) • (fūsha) 

1. a windmill (structure)

• (windmill): ウィンドミル (windomiru) (rare)

Compound of 風 (kaza, “wind”, the older combining form) +‎ 車 (kuruma, “wheel”). The kuruma changes to guruma as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

• (Tokyo) かざぐるま [kàzágúꜜrùmà] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1][2][3]
• IPA^(key): [ka̠za̠ɡɯ̟ɾɯ̟ma̠]

風(かざ)車(ぐるま) • (kazaguruma) 

1. a windmill (structure)
2. a pinwheel, a toy that spins in the wind

   ね、風(かぜ)が吹(ふ)いているよ、風(かざ)車(ぐるま)を回(まわ)そう。

   Ne, kaze ga fuite iru yo, kazaguruma o mawasō.

   Hey, the wind's blowing, let's spin pinwheels.

3. a crest in the shape of a windmill or pinwheel
4. (figurative) economic disadvantage, a difficult life
5. (shogi) the “windmill opening” in shogi
6. a kind of clematis flower, the Clematis patens

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as カザグルマ (kazaguruma).

• (windmill): ウィンドミル (windomiru) (rare)

• 風(ふう)力(りょく)原(げん)動(どう)機(き) (fūryoku gendōki): wind power

風車 • (pungcha or McCune-Reischauer: p'ungch'a or Yale: phungcha) (hangeul 풍차)

1. hanja form^? of 풍차 (“windmill”)