美团单车

美團單車
MěituánDānchē
popculture

Meanings

  1. 1 Meituan Bike (Chinese bike-share service)
  2. 2 Meituan Dānchē — formerly Mobike (摩拜)

Examples

Wǒ měi tiān qí Měituán Dānchē shàngbān.
I ride Meituan Bike to work every day.
Měituán Dānchē de yuèkǎ bǐ dāncì qí huásuàn.
Meituan Bike's monthly pass is more economical than per-ride.

Tips

culture
美团单车 is the rebrand of Mobike (摩拜), which was acquired by Meituan in 2018 for ~$2.7B and rebranded in 2020. With 哈啰 (Hello) and (Qingju, owned by Didi), it's one of the three big bike-share networks that survived the late-2010s shakeout when over a dozen startups went bankrupt and left mountains of bikes ('共享单车', shared-bike graveyards) in Chinese cities.
usage
单车 (dānchē, 'single vehicle') is southern/Cantonese-influenced for 'bicycle' — northern speech traditionally used 自行车 (zìxíngchē). Both work in standard Mandarin now. Bike-share branding popularized 单车 nationwide.

Stroke Order

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