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出租车

chūzūchē

taxi

A cab ready for a passenger
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Characters in this word

出 chū

Strokes
5
Radical
凵 — container
Made of
屮 sprout 凵 container
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

租 zū

Strokes
10
Radical
禾 — cereal, grain, rice
Made of
禾 cereal, grain, rice 且 moreover, also (post-subject)
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

车 chē

Strokes
4
Radical
车 — cart, vehicle
How it's built
Pictograph — a drawing of the thing

Example phrases

  • 我叫出租车。 Wǒ jiào chūzūchē. I call a taxi.
  • 出租车来了。 Chūzūchē lái le. The taxi is here.
  • 坐出租车吧。 Zuò chūzūchē ba. Let us take a taxi.

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