HSK 1 · Common Objects

出租车 chūzūchē “taxi” in Chinese

Traditional 出租車

What 出租车 means

  1. taxi

How to say 出租车

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale出chū1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale租zū1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale车chē1st tone, high and level

出租车 in a sentence

  1. 附近有出租车吗？

    Fùjìn yǒu chūzūchē ma?

    Are there taxis around here?

    Sentence #425131 from Tatoeba

  2. 你可以坐出租车。

    Nǐ kěyǐ zuò chūzūchē.

    You can take a taxi.

    Sentence #4563024 from Tatoeba

  3. 出租车到了。

    Chūzūchē dào le.

    The taxi’s here.

    Sentence #346457 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 出租车 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 出 (chū) with each of its parts in a different colour
出chūto go out; to come out
  • 屮sprout · chè
  • 凵open box · kǎn

Memory aidA foot stepping up out of an opening 凵: to go out.

The character 租 (zū) with each of its parts in a different colour
租zūto hire
  • 禾grain · hé
  • 且moreover · qiě
The character 车 (chē) with each of its parts in a different colour
车chēcar
  • 七seven · qī
  • 十ten · shí

Memory aidSimplified from 車: a cart seen from above, with its axle and two wheels.

How to write 出租车

出 5 strokes · 租 10 strokes · 车 4 strokes

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出租车 (chūzūchē) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 出租车 (chūzūchē). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 出租车

Words with 出

出chū · to go out出国chūguó · to go abroad出来chūlái · to come out出门chūmén · to go out出去chūqù · to go out出院chūyuàn · to leave hospital出生chūshēng · to be born出现chūxiàn · to appear演出yǎnchū · to act (in a play)出差chūchāi · to go on an official or business trip

Words with 租

租zū · to hire租赁zūlìn · to rent

Words with 车

车chē · car火车huǒchē · train开车kāichē · to drive a car车站chēzhàn · rail station打车dǎchē · to take a taxi (in town)火车站huǒchēzhàn · train station公交车gōngjiāochē · public transport vehicle公共汽车gōnggòng qìchē · bus汽车qìchē · car自行车zìxíngchē · bike

More words: Everyday Things

电脑diànnǎo · computer电视diànshì · television电影diànyǐng · movie飞机fēijī · aeroplane天气tiānqì · weather猫māo · cat狗gǒu · dog东西dōngxi · thing

FAQs

出租车 (chūzūchē) means “taxi”. It is an HSK 1 word, so it is one of the words learners meet early.
Say it chūzūchē: chū with a 1st tone, then zū with a 1st tone, then chē with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 出租车 is written 出租車. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type chuzuche with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 出租车 from the suggestions. Typing chuzuche into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
出租车 is an HSK 1 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.