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出租车chū zū chētaxi

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出租车 (chū zū chē) means "taxi," a car with a driver that you pay to take you somewhere, as in 坐出租车 (to take a taxi) or 打出租车 (to hail a taxi). In Taiwan it can also mean "rental car," a car you rent and drive yourself. Context makes clear which is meant.

What does 出租车 mean?

  1. 1.

    taxinoun

  2. 2.

    (Tw) rental carnoun

What do the characters in 出租车 mean?

  • 出not compositional here
  • 租to rent out
  • 车car

How do you use 出租车?

出租车 usually goes with 坐 or 打, and a taxi is counted with 辆.

What are some examples of 出租车 in a sentence?

  1. 我们坐出租车去吧。

    Wǒmen zuò chūzūchē qù ba.

    Let's take a taxi there.

  2. 这里很难打到出租车。

    Zhèlǐ hěn nán dǎdào chūzūchē.

    It's hard to get a taxi here.

  3. 出租车在门口等你。

    Chūzūchē zài ménkǒu děng nǐ.

    The taxi is waiting for you at the door.

How is 出租车 used in a conversation?

  1. Speaker A:

    太晚了,没有公共汽车了。

    Tài wǎn le, méiyǒu gōnggòng qìchē le.

    It's too late, there are no more buses.

  2. Speaker B:

    那我们坐出租车回家吧。

    Nà wǒmen zuò chūzūchē huíjiā ba.

    Then let's take a taxi home.

  3. Speaker A:

    好,你看,前面来了一辆。

    Hǎo, nǐ kàn, qiánmiàn láile yí liàng.

    OK. Look, one is coming up ahead.

  4. Speaker B:

    我来叫它停下。

    Wǒ lái jiào tā tíng xià.

    I'll get it to stop.

What should you learn next?

English glosses on this page are adapted from CC-CEDICT, published by MDBG (snapshot 2026-10-23), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Glosses were edited for learners.