Octopus card

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A contactless smart card, introduced in 1997, used as a form of payment in Hong Kong, originally for the mass transit system, but now widely used for public transport and other retail transactions.
    — Bus routes cover every part of the territory. […] Octopus cards or exact change must be paid on entry.

词形变化

Octopus cards plural

词源

Coined in a naming competition. Like its Chinese counterpart 八達通 /八达通 (baat³ daat⁶ tung¹), it references the number eight, as an octopus has eight tentacles.
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