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HSK 1 · Transport

打车

dǎ chē

to take a taxi

Stroke order of 打车

2 characters, 9 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

打 · 5 strokes车 · 4 strokes

Memory trick

打 is a 扌 hand striking, a hand waves 车 to stop: hail a cab.

Parts: 打 hit (扌 hand + 丁) + 车 vehicle

The characters in 打车

  • 打 dǎ — to hit; to play (a sport) (5 strokes)
  • 车 chē — vehicle; car (4 strokes)

Example sentence

我们打车去机场吧。

Let's take a taxi to the airport.

Words with 打

打电话to make a phone call打开to open; to turn on打球to play ball打to hit; to play (a sport)打印to print打工to do odd jobs; to work part-time打算to plan; plan打篮球to play basketball打听to ask about打破to break打扫to clean; to sweep

Words with 车

车vehicle; car汽车car火车train开车to drive上车to get on (a vehicle)下车to get off (a vehicle)车票bus/train ticket车站station; bus stop车上in the car; on the bus火车站train station车辆vehicle公共汽车bus公交车bus出租车taxi自行车bicycle骑车to ride a bike停车to park; to stop停车场parking lot

More words: Transport

车vehicle; car汽车car火车train飞机airplane飞to fly开车to drive上车to get on (a vehicle)下车to get off (a vehicle)车票bus/train ticket机票plane ticket车站station; bus stop站station; to stand机场airport坐to sit; to travel by坐下to sit down车上in the car; on the bus

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