铛铛车

Several months behind schedule, the long-awaited Qianmen street trolley cars made their debut on the renovated street on Jan. 1 in the capital, the Beijing Times reports.

《京华时报》报导，在推迟了几个月之后，期待已久的铛铛车1月1日在改造后的前门大街首次运行。

The trolley cars were nicknamed Dang Dang cars by Beijingers of old, in reference to the bell at the head of the car that was rung to alert pedestrians.

铛铛车“是老北京对有轨电车的昵称，因为它的车头挂了一只铃铛，会发出”当当“的声音提醒行人躲避车辆。”

If you want to sound like a real Beijinger, however, the Beijing Times tells us it should be pronounced as ´diangdiang che.

不过，《京华时报》称，如果你想像真正的北京人那样发音，那么“铛铛车”应该读成“diangdiangche”。

The new trolley car is 12m long, installed with old-fashioned wooden seats and modern mobile TVs, and has a maximum 84-passenger capacity.

新的“铛铛车”长12米、最多可乘坐84人，车内装有古色古香的木制座椅和现代化的车载电视。