打 dǎ
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 扌 — hand
- Made of
- 扌 hand 丁 nail
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
打车
dǎchē
to take a taxi
Characters in this word
车 chē
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 车 — cart, vehicle
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 我们打车去吧。 Wǒmen dǎchē qù ba. Let's take a taxi.
- 我得打车回家。 Wǒ děi dǎchē huí jiā. I have to take a taxi home.
- 打车很快。 Dǎchē hěn kuài. Taking a taxi is fast.
- 打车去机场要多少钱？ Dǎchē qù jīchǎng yào duōshǎo qián? How much does it cost to take a taxi to the airport?
- 太晚了，打车吧。 Tài wǎn le, dǎchē ba. It's too late — let's take a taxi.
- 你怎么来，打车吗？ Nǐ zěnme lái, dǎchē ma? How will you get here—by taxi?
- 王明打车去了医院。 Wáng Míng dǎchē qù le yīyuàn. Wang Ming took a taxi to the hospital.
- 他没打车，走路回家。 Tā méi dǎchē, zǒulù huíjiā. He didn't take a taxi; he walked home.
- 打车到学校十块。 Dǎchē dào xuéxiào shí kuài. It's ten yuan by taxi to the school.
- 下雨天打车的人很多。 Xiàyǔ tiān dǎchē de rén hěn duō. On rainy days many people take taxis.
Related words
- 打 dǎ to hit; to play (a ball game); to make (a call)
- 打电话 dǎ diànhuà to make a phone call
- 打开 dǎkāi to open, to turn on
- 打球 dǎqiú to play ball
- 打工 dǎgōng to work a temporary job
- 打算 dǎsuàn to plan; plan
- 打印 dǎyìn to print
- 打破 dǎpò to break
- 打听 dǎting to ask around; to find out
- 打 dá a dozen (measure word)
- 打败 dǎbài to defeat
- 打雷 dǎléi to thunder