出租车
chūzūchē
taxi
Part of speech · noun
Pattern visualization
出exit
Show part origins
車car
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Examples
- 我们坐出租车去吧。Let's take a taxi.
- 叫一辆出租车。Call a taxi.
Collocations
坐出租车叫出租车出租车司机
Mnemonic
出租车 chūzūchē "taxi" — 出租 "rent out" + 车. Native compound (vs Korean/Japanese loanwords from English "taxi"). Colloquial verb: 打车 dǎchē "hail a cab".
Quick check
Colloquial "to hail a taxi"?