車庫 / 车库
ce¹ fu³
The Cantonese word for garage is 車庫 / 车库 (ce¹ fu³). Wiktionary also lists 車房 / 车房 (ce¹ fong⁴).
Meaning: building or section of building to store a car, tools etc. (noun)
Ways to say it
| Cantonese | Romanization (Wiktionary) |
|---|---|
| 車庫 / 车库 | ce¹ fu³ |
| 車房 / 车房 | ce¹ fong⁴ |
The term refers to a building or section of building to store a car, tools etc.
What does it mean word for word?
車庫 / 车库 (ce¹ fu³) is composed of 車 (car) and 庫 (warehouse or storehouse).
Is it said differently in some regions?
In Hong Kong, the term for garage is 車庫 / 车库.
How do you pronounce it?
ce¹ fu³
Did you know?
- If you go to a mechanical garage to fix a car, you would not use 車庫, but rather 修車廠 (repair car factory) or 修車舖 (repair car shop).
- Because of extreme urban density, private 車庫 (ce¹ fu³) are rare in Hong Kong and are seen as a significant symbol of wealth and status.
- The component 庫 in 車庫 is the same character used in 博物館 (museum), suggesting that a garage is linguistically viewed as a 'storehouse' for vehicles.
Example sentences for Cantonese are not verified yet.
Sources
- Wiktionary, “garage” translations, CC BY-SA 4.0, dump of 2026-09-26.
