Do you know that public transportation is so important to the cities of Taiwan? We rely on buses, metro, trains, and sometimes even high speed rail to commute to work! This week, let’s learn some Tâi-gí words related to public transportation in Taiwan.

●Words to Know:

1. 公車 kong-tshia (n.) bus

2. 捷運 tsia̍t-ūn (n.) metro 

3. 火車 hué-tshia (n.) train

4. 高鐵 ko-thih (n.) high speed rail

5. 買車票 bé tshia-phiò (phr.) buy a ticket 

6. 車頭 tshia-thâu (n.) train station

●Idiom  of the week:

狗吠火車。

Káu puī hué-tshia.

(A dog barks at a train.)