出租车

chūzūchē

taxi; cab

Type: NounsHSK 1

Character origin

出 (to go out) + 租 (to rent) + 车 (vehicle). A vehicle you rent to go out (for a ride).

Did you know?

Taxis in China are very cheap compared with Europe. In Beijing they're yellow and green; in Shanghai, white, blue and green. Apps like Didi are now more popular than hailing one.

Radicals it's made of

租

禾hégrain

且qiěmoreover

Example sentence

我们坐出租车去火车站。
Wǒmen zuò chūzūchē qù huǒchēzhàn.
We are taking a taxi to the train station.

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