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打车

dǎchē

to take a taxi

to take a taxi
Memory picture

Characters in this word

打 dǎ

Strokes
5
Radical
扌 — hand
Made of
扌 hand 丁 male adult
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

车 chē

Strokes
4
Radical
车 — cart, vehicle
Made of
七 seven 十 ten, tenth
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.

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