滴滴打车

滴滴打車

Dīdīdǎchē

popculture

Meanings

1 DiDi (ride-hailing app/service)
2 to hail a ride on DiDi

Characters

drop (onomatopoeic, like a horn beep)

drop (repeated for sound)

Examples

下雨天我都是滴滴打车。

Xià yǔ tiān wǒ dōu shì Dīdī dǎchē.

On rainy days I always take DiDi.

用滴滴打车比拦出租车方便多了。

Yòng Dīdī dǎchē bǐ lán chūzūchē fāngbiàn duō le.

Hailing a ride with DiDi is way more convenient than flagging a taxi.

Tips

culture

The original brand name of Didi Chuxing (滴滴出行), founded in Beijing in 2012. After absorbing Kuaidi in 2015 and Uber China in 2016, DiDi became the dominant ride-hailing platform in China. 滴滴打车 was the original app name; the company later rebranded the parent as 滴滴出行, but 滴滴打车 remains in everyday usage as a verb.

In Pop Culture

滴滴出行 Dīdī Chūxíng

DiDi Chuxing

Parent brand name since 2015 — the company's full corporate identity

Stroke Order

滴 dī

打 dǎ

车 chē