小发财

小發財

xiǎofācái

noun

Measure Word

一辆小发财 liàng

Meanings

1 mini truck
2 Kei truck (Taiwan slang)
3 small light-duty pickup

Characters

send out / make

Examples

市场里送货的都是小发财。

Shìchǎng lǐ sònghuò de dōu shì xiǎofācái.

All the delivery vehicles at the market are mini trucks.

他开着一辆小发财去工地。

Tā kāi zhe yī liàng xiǎofācái qù gōngdì.

He drove a Kei truck to the construction site.

Tips

culture

Taiwan colloquialism. The name comes from the Mitsubishi 'Fuso' 发财 series of small commercial trucks that dominated Taiwan's small-business haulage in the 1970s–80s; 小 marks the smaller model. The pun on 发财 ('get rich') is a happy bonus.

Stroke Order

小 xiǎo

发 fā

财 cái