出租车 (chūzūchē) · taxi
出租车 (chūzūchē) means “taxi”. It is written with 3 characters: 出 (to go out) + 租 (to rent) + 车 (vehicle). It is an HSK 1 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 出租车 is built
The characters
出 chū · to go out
What 出 is made of
- 屮chè — sprout
- 凵qiǎn — container
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 凵qiǎn — container
Origin hint: A sprout 屮 growing out of a container 凵 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
租 zū · to rent
What 租 is made of
- 禾hé — cereal
- 丿 — falling stroke
- 木mù — tree
- 十 — ten
- 八bā — eight
- 且qiě — moreover
- 月yuè — moon; month
- 冂 — frame
- 二 — two strokes
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 月yuè — moon; month
Origin hint: Regularly paid 且 tribute in grain 禾 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
车 chē · vehicle
What 车 is made of
- 七qī — seven
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 乚 — hook stroke
- 十 — ten
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 丨 — vertical stroke
Origin hint: Simplified form of 車, a cart with two wheels, seen from above (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
Questions about 出租车
What does 出租车 mean?
出租车 (chūzūchē) means “taxi”.
How do you pronounce 出租车?
出租车 is pronounced chūzūchē.
Which HSK level is 出租车?
出租车 is in HSK 1 (exam 2025) and HSK 2 (2021) and Old HSK 1.
Related words
- 出来chūláito come out
- 出去chūqùto go out
- 出发chūfāto set off
- 出国chūguóto go abroad
- 出口chūkǒuexit
- 出门chūménto go out
- 出生chūshēngto be born
- 出现chūxiànto appear
- 出院chūyuànto leave hospital
- 出租chūzūto rent out
It is part of HSK 2 (2021) · Group 75: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.