Minivan Trapped on The Peak

This transcription is from a video on a HK01 news article about an unfortunate driver getting his car stuck on narrow Lugard Road at Victoria Peak, Hong Kong.

Vocabulary

• 攝 sip3 (to take a photo; to squeeze through)
• 窒 zat6 (stuck; jammed)
• 客貨車 haak3 fo3 ce1 (minivan; light truck)
• 山頂 saan1 deng2 (mountain, peak - especially The Peak, Hong Kong)
• 誤闖 ng6 cong2 (to mistakenly rush into a situation)
• 盧吉道 lou4 gat1 dou6 (Lugard Road)
• 進退失據 zeon3 teoi3 sat1 geoi3 (no room to retreat or advance)
• 窗玻璃 coeng1 bo1 lei1 (a window pane)
• 外籍 ngoi6 zik6 (foreign)
• 求助 kau4 zo6 (to ask for help)
• 路況 lou6 fong3 (road conditions)
• 被困 bei6 kwan3 (trapped)
• 列作 lit6 zok3 (to be classified as)
• 求警協助案 kau4 ging2 hip3 zo6 on3 (a case of requesting police assistance)
• 解困 gaai2 kwan3 (resolve the situation; help get out of trap)

Dialogue

我攝、我又要攝。。。

ngo5 sip3, ngo5 jau6 jiu3 sip3...

I squeeze by, I also need to squeeze by...

點解成架車窒咗喺度？

dim2 gaai2 seng4 gaa3 ce1 zat6 zo2 hai2 dou6?

Why is this whole car blocking the way here?

搞到啲人行過都要攝嚟攝去呢。

gaau2 dou3 di1 jan4 haang4 gwo3 dou1 jiu3 sip3 lai4 sip3 heoi3 ne1

It's making people walking past have to squeeze by to get through.

原來呢架客貨車懷疑因為司機唔熟山頂啲路，誤闖車唔入得嘅盧吉道。

jyun4 loi4 ni1 gaa3 haak3 fo3 ce1 waai4 ji4 jan1 wai6 si1 gei1 m4 suk6 saan1 deng2 di1 lou6, ng6 cong2 ce1 m4 jap6 dak1 ge3 lou4 gat1 dou6

It turns out this minivan is suspected to have got trapped because the driver was unfamiliar with the roads on The Peak and he accidently entered Lugard Road, where vehicles are not allowed.

進退失據之下，連車窗玻璃都撞爆埋。

zeon3 teoi3 sat1 geoi3 zi1 haa6, lin4 ce1 coeng1 bo1 lei1 dou1 zong6 baau3 maai4

With no way to move forward or back, the car's windows got smashed.

警方回覆話星期三下晝近三點，接獲一個外籍客貨車司機打電話求助，話佢架車因為路況太窄被困喺盧吉道。

ging2 fong1 wui4 fuk1 waa6 sing1 kei4 saam1 haa6 zau3 gan6 saam1 dim2, zip3 wok6 jat1 go3 ngoi6 zik6 haak3 fo3 ce1 si1 gei1 daa2 din6 waa2 kau4 zo6, waa6 keoi5 gaa3 ce1 jan1 wai6 lou6 fong3 taai3 zaak3 bei6 kwan3 hai2 lou4 gat1 dou6

The police responded that on Wednesday afternoon around 3pm, they received a call for help from a foreign minivan driver, saying that his vehicle was trapped on Lugard Road due to the narrow road conditions.

列作求警協助案處理。

lit6 zok3 kau4 ging2 hip3 zo6 on3 cyu2 lei5

It was classified as a case of requesting police assistance.

去到星期四上晝架車仲喺度，近十一點先有政府人員嚟幫佢解困。

heoi3 dou3 sing1 kei4 sei3 soeng6 zau3 gaa3 ce1 zung6 hai2 dou6, gan6 sap6 jat1 dim2 sin1 jau5 zing3 fu2 jan4 jyun4 lai4 bong1 keoi5 gaai2 kwan3

The car was still there on Thursday morning, and government workers only arrived to help him get out at around 11am.