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出租车

chū zū chē · chu zu che

Traditional 出租車

HSK 2Old HSK 1

Meaning

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  1. taxi
  2. (Tw) rental car
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The taxi that is taken

  1. Liangliang

    这儿(zhèr)很(hěn)难(nán)打(dǎ)到(dào)出租车(chūzūchē)。

    It is hard to get a taxi here.

  2. Dengdeng

    我(wǒ)用(yòng)手机(shǒujī)叫(jiào)一(yī)辆(liàng)出租车(chūzūchē)。

    I will call a taxi with my phone.

  3. Liangliang

    车(chē)在(zài)哪儿(nǎr)？

    Where is the car?

  4. Dengdeng

    地图(dìtú)上(shàng)说(shuō)还(hái)有(yǒu)五(wǔ)分钟(fēnzhōng)。

    The map says five more minutes.

  5. Liangliang

    那(nà)辆(liàng)出租车(chūzūchē)是(shì)不(bù)是(shì)我们(wǒmen)的(de)？

    Is that taxi ours?

  6. Dengdeng

    是(shì)，可是(kěshì)里面(lǐmiàn)已经(yǐjīng)有(yǒu)人(rén)了(le)。

    Yes, but there is already someone inside.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

你(nǐ)乘(chéng)出(chū)租(zū)车(chē)去(qù)和(hé)走(zǒu)路(lù)去(qù)也(yě)没(méi)有(yǒu)什(shén)么(me)分(fēn)别(bié)。

It will make little difference whether you go there by taxi or on foot.

Tatoeba: Chinese by nickyeow · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

02

他(tā)打(dǎ)出(chū)租(zū)车(chē)以(yǐ)及(jí)时(shí)赶(gǎn)到(dào)。

He took a taxi to get there in time.

Tatoeba: Chinese by verdastelo9604 · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

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The characters

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出
chū

to go out; to come out; to arise; to occur

租
zū

to hire; to rent

车
chē

car; vehicle

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