出租车chū zū chētaxi
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.
taxinoun
- 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?
How is 出租车 used in a conversation?
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Speaker B:
我来叫它停下。
Wǒ lái jiào tā tíng xià.
I'll get it to stop.
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Related words
- 火车huǒ chētrainHSK 1
- 车chēcar; vehicleHSK 1
- 开车kāi chēto drive a car (or train etc)HSK 1
- 出chūto go out; to come outHSK 2
- 出去chū qùto go outHSK 2
- 出来chū láito come out; to appearHSK 2
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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.