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出租车

出租车 chūzūchē

出租车 chūzūchē Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 2 English Translations of the word 出租车 chūzūchē .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
chūzūchē | chu1 zu1 che1
English translation
taxi
(Taiwan) rental car

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Traditional form

出租車

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí
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Etymology of 出租车 chūzūchē

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chū

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Pictograph of a foot ( zhǐ ) going out of an enclosure.

Positional decomposition

屮凵

Number of Strokes

5

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and qiě represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "land tax". The meaning later shifted to "rent" and "hire".

Positional decomposition

禾且

Number of Strokes

10
Chē

Type

pictographic

Explanation

Pictograph of a chariot. The simplified character Chē was adapted from the cursive form of the traditional character chē .

Positional decomposition

七十 qī shí

Number of Strokes

4

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Example sentences using 出租车 chūzūchē

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gěi jiào le liàng 出租车 chūzūchē .

She hailed a taxi for him.

Zuò 出租车 chūzūchē ér gǎi Chéng 公共汽车 gōnggòngqìchē 节省 jiéshěng Qián .

He economized by using buses instead of taking taxis.

这个 zhè ge 出租车 chūzūchē 司机 sījī 闯红灯 chuǎng hóng dēng 显然 xiǎnrán shì duì de .

The taxi driver was obviously in the wrong in going ahead against the red light.

可以 kěyǐ zài 出租车 chūzūchē 招呼 zhāo hu zhàn lán 到出租车.

You can catch a cab at the taxi stand over there.

今晚 jīn wǎn 出租车 chūzūchē 似乎 sìhū 非常少,步行 bù xíng le .

Taxis seem very thin on the ground tonightI will have to walk.

出租车 chūzūchē Decomposition

See the 5 Chinese characters that make up 出租车 chūzūchē and their own compounds.

出租车 chūzūchē Compounds

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