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| Processed by: | richwarm (2026-02-02 09:39:59 UTC) |
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<< review queue entry 85536 - submitted by 'polaris' >> 行驶证 xíngshǐzhèng @ 《全球华语大词典》 准予机动车在道路上行驶的法定证件。用于大陆等地。也说行车执照（台）。 中华人民共和国机动车行驶证，简称「行驶证」。是准予机动车在中国境内道路上行驶的法定证件。 ------------------ Editor: I think "vehicle license" is ambiguous, and afaics, "road-worthiness certificate" is incorrect. Your first reference says that the equivalent term used in Taiwan is 行车执照. According to the Key and Grand Ricci dictionaries, 行车执照 is a vehicle registration certificate, not a road-worthiness certificate. There's this too: 有些交通詞彙與生活息息相關，例如駕駛執照稱為driver’s license，行車執照稱為registration。 https://www.linkingbooks.com.tw/books/80032-05 The following Wikipedia article describes 行驶证 as arising from vehicle registration under the PRC Road Traffic Safety Law, and states that the owner recorded on the 行驶证 is the legally recognized owner of the vehicle, which shows that 行驶证 is about registration and ownership rather than roadworthiness: https://zh.wikipedia.org/zh-cn/中华人民共和国机动车行驶证 Although the following China Daily article translates 行驶证 as "road-worthiness certificate" (as do a few other sources), the Chinese text of that article shows that it should be translated as "vehicle registration certificate". For example, it states that 车主需要提交缴纳车船税证明才能办机动车行驶证, which concerns tax and registration procedures, not mechanical safety or inspection. https://language.chinadaily.com.cn/news/2011-02/28/content_12088911.htm 兩岸詞典 says 行駛證 can be regarded as a "vehicle ID" (相當於車輛的身分證), whereas a road-worthiness certificate certifies the *mechanical safety* of a vehicle. https://www.moedict.tw/~行駛證 By way of comparison, where I live a road-worthiness certificate is not required when buying a new car, and if you keep the same car for many years you may never need one at all. And when a RWC is required for second-hand sale, the certificate is only valid for 30 days. This is very different from the PRC 行驶证, which is an ongoing vehicle registration document. |
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# 行駛證 行驶证 [[xing2shi3zheng4]] /vehicle license; road-worthiness certificate/ 行駛證 行驶证 [[xing2shi3zheng4]] /vehicle registration certificate/ |