出租车/出租車 chūzūchē — taxi, cab

Meanings

1. 1

   taxi, cab

   A taxi, literally a "for-hire vehicle". Riding in any vehicle is 坐: 坐出租车, 坐飞机, 坐火车.

   noun

Character breakdown

• 出

  chū (first tone, high and level)

  to go out, to come out; to produce, to issue, to put forth; to happen (of a problem); a measure word for plays and operas

  5 strokesRadical 凵
• 车/車

  chē (first tone, high and level) jū (first tone, high and level)

  a wheeled vehicle: cart, car, bicycle, train; a machine turning on a wheel; (jū) the chariot in Chinese chess

  4 strokesRadical 車

Example sentences

• 我们坐出租车去饭店。/我們坐出租車去飯店。Wǒmen (third tone, dipping) zuò (fourth tone, falling) chūzūchē (first tone, high and level) qù (fourth tone, falling) fàndiàn. (fourth tone, falling)···

  We’re taking a taxi to the restaurant.

• 出租车在商店前面。/出租車在商店前面。Chūzūchē (first tone, high and level) zài (fourth tone, falling) shāngdiàn (first tone, high and level) qiánmiàn. (second tone, rising)···

  The taxi is in front of the shop.

Similar words

Words containing 出

• 出chū (first tone, high and level)to go out, to come out
• 出来/出來chū (first tone, high and level) lái (second tone, rising)to come out
• 出现/出現chūxiàn (first tone, high and level)to appear, to come into view, to arise
• 出去chū (first tone, high and level) qù (fourth tone, falling)to go out
• 提出tí (second tone, rising) chū (first tone, high and level)to raise (an issue)
• 出发/出發chūfā (first tone, high and level)to set off, to depart (on a journey)
• 演出yǎn (third tone, dipping) chū (first tone, high and level)to act (in a play)
• 出口chū (first tone, high and level) kǒu (third tone, dipping)an exit
• 发出/發出fā (first tone, high and level) chū (first tone, high and level)to issue (an order, decree etc); to send out; to dispatch
• 付出fù (fourth tone, falling) chū (first tone, high and level)to pay; to expend; to invest (energy or time)
• 出生chū (first tone, high and level) shēng (first tone, high and level)to be born
• 出席chūxí (first tone, high and level)to attend, to be present at (formal)
• 指出zhǐ (third tone, dipping) chū (first tone, high and level)to indicate
• 退出tuì (fourth tone, falling) chū (first tone, high and level)to withdraw
• 出色chūsè (first tone, high and level)outstanding, remarkable
• 出示chūshì (first tone, high and level)to show, to produce (for inspection)
• 出版chū (first tone, high and level) bǎn (third tone, dipping)to publish
• 出门/出門chū (first tone, high and level) mén (second tone, rising)to go out

Words containing 车

• 车/車chē (first tone, high and level)car
• 汽车/汽車qì (fourth tone, falling) chē (first tone, high and level)car
• 车上/車上chē (first tone, high and level) shàng (fourth tone, falling)Car
• 自行车/自行車zìxíngchē (fourth tone, falling)bicycle
• 开车/開車kāi (first tone, high and level) chē (first tone, high and level)to drive a car
• 火车/火車huǒ (third tone, dipping) chē (first tone, high and level)train
• 车辆/車輛chē (first tone, high and level) liàng (fourth tone, falling)vehicle
• 停车/停車tíng (second tone, rising) chē (first tone, high and level)to pull up (stop one's vehicle)
• 公共汽车/公共汽車gōnggòng (first tone, high and level) qìchē (fourth tone, falling)bus
• 火车站/火車站huǒchēzhàn (third tone, dipping)railway station
• 轿车/轎車jiào (fourth tone, falling) chē (first tone, high and level)enclosed carriage for carrying passengers
• 摩托车/摩托車mó (second tone, rising) tuō (first tone, high and level) chē (first tone, high and level)motorbike
• 列车/列車liè (fourth tone, falling) chē (first tone, high and level)(railway) train
• 货车/貨車huò (fourth tone, falling) chē (first tone, high and level)truck
• 车站/車站chē (first tone, high and level) zhàn (fourth tone, falling)rail station
• 车祸/車禍chē (first tone, high and level) huò (fourth tone, falling)traffic accident
• 卡车/卡車kǎ (third tone, dipping) chē (first tone, high and level)truck