Meaning of 出租车
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
- taxi
- (Tw) rental car
How to use 出租车
出租车 is the standard word for taxi in mainland China, usually with the measure word 辆 (liàng). You take one with the verb 打 (dǎ) or 坐 (zuò). Example: 我们打出租车去机场吧。(Wǒmen dǎ chūzūchē qù jīchǎng ba.) Let's take a taxi to the airport.
Break it into 出 (chū) out, 租 (zū) rent, and 车 (chē) vehicle. A 出租车 is a car that is put out for rent, one ride at a time.
Common mistake: Learners often say 开出租车 (kāi chūzūchē) when they mean taking a taxi, but that means driving one as a job. Also keep 租 (zū) in the first tone and do not confuse it with 组 (zǔ, group), which looks similar but has the silk radical.
出租车 in example sentences
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出 chū · to go out · 5 strokes
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租 zū · to hire · 10 strokes
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车 chē · car · 4 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 出租车.
| 出来 | chūlái | to come out; to appear |
| 出去 | chūqù | to go out |
| 开车 | kāichē | to drive a car (or train etc); (slang) to post sexual content online; to make a sexual jok |
| 火车 | huǒchē | train |
| 上车 | shàng chē | to get on or into (a bus, train, car etc) |
| 汽车 | qìchē | car; automobile |
| 下车 | xià chē | to get off or out of (a bus, train, car etc) |
| 车上 | chē shang | |
| 车站 | chēzhàn | rail station; bus stop |
| 车票 | chēpiào | ticket for a bus or train |
| 打车 | dǎchē | to take a taxi (in town); to hitch a lift |
| 出现 | chūxiàn | to appear; to arise; to emerge; to show up |
Questions about 出租车
What does 出租车 mean?
出租车 (chūzūchē) means "taxi; (Tw) rental car" and is used as a noun.
How do you write 出租车?
出租车 is made of 3 characters: 出 (5 strokes), 租 (10 strokes), 车 (4 strokes). That is 19 strokes in total.
Is 出租车 an HSK word?
Yes. 出租车 is on the HSK 2 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
How is 出租车 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 出租车 is written 出租車.
What does 打的 (dǎ dī) mean, and is it the same as taking a 出租车?
Yes. 打的 is a common spoken way to say take a taxi, where 的 (dī) comes from the Cantonese 的士 (dīshì), meaning taxi. It is very casual, while 坐出租车 or 打出租车 works in any setting.
Does 出租车 mean taxi in Taiwan too?
Not usually. According to the dictionary, in Taiwan 出租车 can mean a rental car, and people there more often call a taxi 计程车 (jìchéngchē). In mainland China, 出租车 means taxi.