出租汽车

出租汽車
chūzūqìchē
noun #32,290

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 taxi
  2. 2 cab
  3. 3 hire car

Examples

Wǒmen jiào yī liàng chūzūqìchē ba.
Let's call a taxi.
Chūzūqìchē sījī shuō Běijīng huà.
The taxi driver speaks Beijing dialect.
Jīchǎng wài yǒu hěn duō chūzūqìchē.
There are many taxis outside the airport.

Tips

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The full formal term — what you see on station signs and government regulations. In daily speech almost everyone shortens it to 出租车 (chūzūchē) or just 的士 (díshì, from English 'taxi' via Cantonese). In Taiwan the equivalent is (jìchéngchē, 'meter car').

Stroke Order

chū
chē