美团打车

美團打車

MěituánDǎchē

popculture

Meanings

1 Meituan Dache — ride-hailing service operated by Meituan
2 Meituan's taxi/ride-hailing platform

Characters

beautiful (brand char)

group (brand char, from 团购 'group buy')

to hail / catch (a ride)

Examples

我用美团打车叫了一辆车,十分钟就到了。

Wǒ yòng Měituán Dǎchē jiào le yī liàng chē, shí fēnzhōng jiù dào le.

I called a car using Meituan Dache — it arrived in ten minutes.

美团打车经常发优惠券,比滴滴便宜。

Měituán Dǎchē jīngcháng fā yōuhuìquàn, bǐ Dīdī piányi.

Meituan Dache hands out coupons all the time — cheaper than Didi.

Tips

culture

美团 (Meituan, NYSE/HKEX-listed) is China's super-app for food delivery, hotel booking, restaurant reviews, bike-sharing, and ride-hailing. 美团打车 launched in 2017-2018 to challenge Didi (滴滴) and is integrated into the main Meituan and Dianping apps. Common alternatives: 滴滴打车 (DiDi), 高德打车 (Amap), 曹操出行 (Caocao).

usage

打车 (dǎchē) just means 'to hail a ride' (originally a taxi, now any ride). Meituan's app is named 美团打车 ('Meituan ride-hailing'); the verb 打车 stays the everyday word for 'get a cab/ride'.

In Pop Culture

美团 Měituán

Meituan

Chinese super-app conglomerate (HKEX: 3690), known for food delivery, hotel booking, and ride-hailing. Headquartered in Beijing.

Stroke Order

美 měi

团 tuán

打 dǎ

车 chē