"xe lửa" meaning in Vietnamese

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Noun

IPA: [sɛ˧˧ lɨə˧˩] [Hà-Nội], [sɛ˧˧ lɨə˧˨] [Huế], [sɛ˧˧ lɨə˨˩˦] (note: Saigon) Forms: cái [classifier], chiếc [classifier], 車焒 [CJK]
Etymology: xe (“wheeled vehicle”) + lửa (“fire”), a calque of Chinese 火車 /火车 (hoả xa). Etymology templates: {{com|vi|xe|lửa|t1=wheeled vehicle|t2=fire}} xe (“wheeled vehicle”) + lửa (“fire”), {{cal|vi|zh|火車|nocap=1|tr=hoả xa}} calque of Chinese 火車 /火车 (hoả xa) Head templates: {{head|vi|noun|||head=|tr=車焒}} xe lửa • (車焒), {{vi-noun|車焒|cls=cái, chiếc}} (classifier cái, chiếc) xe lửa • (車焒)
  1. (Southern Vietnam) train Tags: Southern, Vietnam Synonyms (train): tàu hoả [Northern, Vietnam] Related terms: xe điện
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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vi",
        "2": "xe",
        "3": "lửa",
        "t1": "wheeled vehicle",
        "t2": "fire"
      },
      "expansion": "xe (“wheeled vehicle”) + lửa (“fire”)",
      "name": "com"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vi",
        "2": "zh",
        "3": "火車",
        "nocap": "1",
        "tr": "hoả xa"
      },
      "expansion": "calque of Chinese 火車 /火车 (hoả xa)",
      "name": "cal"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "xe (“wheeled vehicle”) + lửa (“fire”), a calque of Chinese 火車 /火车 (hoả xa).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cái",
      "tags": [
        "classifier"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chiếc",
      "tags": [
        "classifier"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "車焒",
      "tags": [
        "CJK"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vi",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "head": "",
        "tr": "車焒"
      },
      "expansion": "xe lửa • (車焒)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "車焒",
        "cls": "cái, chiếc"
      },
      "expansion": "(classifier cái, chiếc) xe lửa • (車焒)",
      "name": "vi-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Vietnamese",
  "lang_code": "vi",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Southern Vietnamese",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Vietnamese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Vietnamese nouns classified by chiếc",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Vietnamese nouns classified by cái",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "vi",
          "name": "Rail transportation",
          "orig": "vi:Rail transportation",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "train"
      ],
      "id": "en-xe_lửa-vi-noun-EW9UxB0E",
      "links": [
        [
          "train",
          "train"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Southern Vietnam) train"
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "xe điện"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "sense": "train",
          "tags": [
            "Northern",
            "Vietnam"
          ],
          "word": "tàu hoả"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Southern",
        "Vietnam"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[sɛ˧˧ lɨə˧˩]",
      "tags": [
        "Hà-Nội"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[sɛ˧˧ lɨə˧˨]",
      "tags": [
        "Huế"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[sɛ˧˧ lɨə˨˩˦]",
      "note": "Saigon"
    }
  ],
  "word": "xe lửa"
}
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vi",
        "2": "xe",
        "3": "lửa",
        "t1": "wheeled vehicle",
        "t2": "fire"
      },
      "expansion": "xe (“wheeled vehicle”) + lửa (“fire”)",
      "name": "com"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vi",
        "2": "zh",
        "3": "火車",
        "nocap": "1",
        "tr": "hoả xa"
      },
      "expansion": "calque of Chinese 火車 /火车 (hoả xa)",
      "name": "cal"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "xe (“wheeled vehicle”) + lửa (“fire”), a calque of Chinese 火車 /火车 (hoả xa).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cái",
      "tags": [
        "classifier"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chiếc",
      "tags": [
        "classifier"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "車焒",
      "tags": [
        "CJK"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vi",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "head": "",
        "tr": "車焒"
      },
      "expansion": "xe lửa • (車焒)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "車焒",
        "cls": "cái, chiếc"
      },
      "expansion": "(classifier cái, chiếc) xe lửa • (車焒)",
      "name": "vi-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Vietnamese",
  "lang_code": "vi",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "xe điện"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Chinese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Southern Vietnamese",
        "Vietnamese compound terms",
        "Vietnamese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Vietnamese lemmas",
        "Vietnamese nouns",
        "Vietnamese nouns classified by chiếc",
        "Vietnamese nouns classified by cái",
        "Vietnamese terms calqued from Chinese",
        "Vietnamese terms derived from Chinese",
        "Vietnamese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "vi:Rail transportation"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "train"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "train",
          "train"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Southern Vietnam) train"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Southern",
        "Vietnam"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[sɛ˧˧ lɨə˧˩]",
      "tags": [
        "Hà-Nội"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[sɛ˧˧ lɨə˧˨]",
      "tags": [
        "Huế"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[sɛ˧˧ lɨə˨˩˦]",
      "note": "Saigon"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "train",
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Vietnam"
      ],
      "word": "tàu hoả"
    }
  ],
  "word": "xe lửa"
}

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