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出租车chū zū chē
taxi
Definitions
| Chinese > English | ||
| 出租车 | ||
| 1. Simplified form of 出租車 | ||
| 出租車 | chūzūchē | |
| 1. n. (chiefly Mainland) taxi; taxicab | ||
| 出租車 司機 - taxi driver - | ||
| 出租車 專用 停車位 - taxi parking only - | ||
| English > Chinese | ||
| taxi | ||
| 1. 出租车 | ||
| Components | ||
| 出 | chū | |
| 1. to go out; to leave; to exit | ||
| Antonyms: 入 | ||
| 出來 - to come out | ||
| 出國 - to leave one's country | ||
| 2. to appear | ||
| 水落石出 - the truth is revealed, lit=the water recedes and the rocks appear | ||
| 語 出《論語·雍-也》 - It is from Yong Ye of the Analects. | ||
| 3. to come; to arrive | ||
| 出席 - to attend | ||
| 4. to send out; to put forth | ||
| 出 題目 - to set questions | ||
| 你 出錢，我 出力。 - You contribute money and I contribute my strength. | ||
| 我 給 他 出 了 個 好 主意。 - I came up with a good idea for him. | ||
| 5. to exceed | ||
| 球 出界 了。 - The ball went out-of-bounds. | ||
| 不 出 一 年 - within one year | ||
| 6. to produce; to turn out | ||
| 出 煤 - to produce coal | ||
| 他們 學校 出 了 個 高考 狀元。 - Their school produced a gaokao top scorer. | ||
| 7. to happen; to arise | ||
| 出 問題 - to have a problem | ||
| 出 大事 了！ - Something big happened! | ||
| 8. to vent | ||
| 出芽 - to sprout | ||
| 出汗 - to sweat | ||
| 出 水痘 - to have chickenpox | ||
| 9. (ergative) to publish; to be released (e.g. a product, film, or announcement) | ||
| 這 本 書 是 哪 家 出版社 出 的？ - Which publisher published this book? | ||
| Windows 10 已經 出 咗 一 年 - Windows 10 has already been out for a year | ||
| 10. to expend | ||
| 量入為wéi出 - to budget one’s expenses according to one’s income | ||
| 11. (Particle placed after verbs to indicate an outward movement.) | ||
| 拿出 你 的 身份證 - take out your ID card | ||
| 走出 香港 - to come out of Hong Kong | ||
| 12. (Particle placed after verbs to indicate a completed action.) to determine | ||
| 想 不 出 辦法 - cannot come up with solutions | ||
| 睇 唔 出 有 咩 分別（問題） - don't see any difference (problem) | ||
| 食 唔 出 咩 味道 - doesn't have any flavor | ||
| 13. (Hong Kong Cantonese) to buy (a mobile phone) | ||
| 出 部 電話waa6-2 畀 佢 用 - to buy a mobile phone for him to use | ||
| 14. Simplified form of 齣 | ||
| 齣 | chū, chǐ | |
| 1. (regional, by extension) | ||
| 一 齣 電影 - a film | ||
| 一 齣 韓劇 - a Korean drama | ||
| 2. (Min Nan) drama; play | ||
| 3. (Min Nan) trouble; hassle | ||
| 租 | zū | |
| 1. to rent; to hire; to charter | ||
| 2. to rent out; to lease | ||
| 3. rent payment | ||
| 4. land tax | ||
| Zu | ||
| 车 | ||
| 1. Variant of 車 | ||
| 2. Variant of 卓 | ||
| 卓 | 卓 | |
| 1. tall and erect | ||
| 2. outstanding; profound; brilliant; lofty | ||
| 車 | jū | |
| 1. (Chinese chess) chariot; rook | ||
| 2. (chess) rook | ||
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Pronunciation
chū zū chē
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