台だい車しゃ

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Meanings

1

platform truck; hand truck; trolley; dolly; cart

General term for a wheeled platform or cart used to move goods, luggage, or equipment. Covers flat carts, hand trucks, and small trolleys.

工こう場じょうで台だい車しゃを使つかって部ぶ品ひんを運はこんだ。
We used a cart to move parts around the factory.
空くう港こうでスーツケースを台だい車しゃに載のせた。
I put the suitcases on a luggage cart at the airport.

2

bogie; truck (railway)

Railway term for the wheeled undercarriage of a train car. Technical use; not the everyday cart sense.

この電でん車しゃの台だい車しゃは最さい新しんの設せっ計けいです。
The bogies on this train are of the latest design.

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Usage patterns

〈物もの〉を台だい車しゃに載のせるto load something onto a cart
重おもい荷に物もつを台だい車しゃに載のせて運はこんだ。
I loaded the heavy luggage onto a cart and carried it.
台だい車しゃで〈物もの〉を運はこぶto transport something using a cart
段だんボール箱ばこを台だい車しゃで運はこんだ。
I transported the cardboard boxes using a cart.
台だい車しゃを押おすto push a cart
従じゅう業ぎょう員いんが台だい車しゃを押おしながら倉そう庫こを歩あるいていた。
An employee was walking through the warehouse pushing a cart.
台だい車しゃを引ひくto pull a cart
作さ業ぎょう員いんが台だい車しゃを引ひいて資し材ざいを移い動どうさせた。
The worker pulled the cart to move the materials.

Kanji

台pedestal, a stand, counter for machines and vehicles
車car

Related words

カート sense 1
カート is a loanword for a small shopping or luggage cart, while 台車 is a broader native term covering industrial hand trucks and railway bogies.
リヤカー sense 1
リヤカー is specifically a two-wheeled hand-pulled cart often used for deliveries, while 台車 is a more general term that can be motorized or simply pushed.
手て押おし車ぐるま sense 1
手押し車 emphasizes that the cart is pushed by hand, whereas 台車 is a neutral term that doesn't specify how it's moved.
キャリア
台車 is the standard Japanese word for a hand truck or dolly, while キャリア is a loanword used somewhat interchangeably in warehouse and delivery contexts.
ドリー
台車 is the plain, everyday Japanese word for a wheeled cart or platform, while ドリー is a katakana loanword used mainly for specialized carts like camera dollies.

Counted with

台だいN4
stand; base; platform; table; rack · setting (of a gem); mounting · stock (in grafting) · counter for machines and vehicles · level; mark; range; decade (of one's life) · tall building (with a fine view); observation platform · plateau; heights

Etymology

Compound of 台 (だい, 'platform, stand') and 車 (しゃ, 'vehicle, wheel'). The railway sense is a specialized extension of the basic 'wheeled platform' meaning.