打车

dǎ chē

HSK 3.0 Level 2 Verb Uncommon

Definitions

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to thumb a lift

拦车 means to hail a taxi or flag down a vehicle.

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(coll.) to take a taxi

Both mean to take a taxi, but 打车 is more modern and common in mainland China.

打车 is used with 去 (go) or 到 (arrive) to indicate destination, e.g., 打车去机场.

Do not confuse 打车 (take a taxi) with 开车 (drive a car). Saying 我开车去 means you are driving, not taking a taxi.

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我们打车去火车站吧。

Let's take a taxi to the train station.

这里交通不便，很难打车。

The transportation here is inconvenient; it's hard to get a taxi.

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dozen (loanword)

to beat

car

war chariot (archaic)