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Car plate is an interesting topic. What do the Chinese characters, numbers and colors mean in a Shenzhen car plate?

The Characters, Letters and Numbers of Shenzhen Car Plate

For example, 粤B  A12B1, you will find all Shenzhen cars plate start with a Chinese character 粤 (Yuè in Chinese pinyin), then a capital letter B. Typical Shenzhen car plate ends with 5 letters and numbers.

The first Chinese Character 粤, also called one-character provincial abbreviation, refers to Guangdong province. Each province has its unique Chinese character at the begging of a car plate, 京 refers to Beijing, 沪 means Shanghai.

The second character, which is an English letter, represents the city of the province. In Guangdong province, A means Guangzhou, B means Shenzhen, C means Zhuhai, D means Shantou, etc.

The rest 5 characters are a mix of numbers and English letters.

The colors of Car plate in Shenzhen

The most common color is blue. It means it is small or middle sized car. For big cars, like buses, or trunks, it is in yellow. Cars in Shenzhen with black car plates, means the car is owned by a foreigner or foreign company. Standard Hong Kong plate is yellow, however the Guangdong border crossing car will have a black plate displayed on the yellow plate. Licence plates for China’s Police Service, Armed Police Force, and Military are in a white background, with red and black text.

You may find white car plate in Shenzhen occasionally. Licence plates for Chinese Police and Military are in a white background, with red and black text.

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