打車

See also: 打车

Chinese

beat; strike; break
beat; strike; break; mix up; build; fight; fetch; make; tie up; issue; shoot; calculate; since; from; dozen
 
vehicle on land; car; machine
vehicle on land; car; machine; to shape with a lathe
 
trad. (打車) 打 車
simp. (打车) 打 车

Etymology

Borrowed from Cantonese 搭車

Pronunciation

Verb

打⫽車 (verb-object)

  1. (Chiefly Mandarin, Mainland China) to get a taxi; to take a cab; to call a taxi
    時間太緊，我得打車去機場。 [MSC, trad.]
    时间太紧，我得打车去机场。 [MSC, simp.]
    Shíjiān tài jǐn, wǒ děi dǎchē qù jīchǎng. [Pinyin]
    Time's too tight—I'll have to grab a taxi to the airport.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 打車 (“to get a taxi”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 打車
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 打車, 打的
Taiwan 搭計程車
Cantonese Guangzhou 打的
Hong Kong 搭的士, 搭的
Southern Min Xiamen 拍的
Quanzhou 拍的
Zhangzhou 拍的
Chaozhou 拍的
Wu Shanghai 拉差頭, 攔差頭, 放差
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