打车
HSK 2 (exam 2025)HSK 1 (2021)
打车 (dǎchē) · to take a taxi
打车 (dǎchē) means “to take a taxi”. It is written with 2 characters: 打 (to play (ball)) + 车 (vehicle). It is an HSK 2 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 打车 is built
The characters
打 dǎ · to play (ball)
What 打 is made of
- 扌shǒu — hand
- 二 — two strokes
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 亅 — hook
- 二 — two strokes
- 丁dīng — male adult
Origin hint: 扌 gives the meaning, 丁 gives the sound. (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
我们打车去机场吧。Wǒmen dǎchē qù jīchǎng ba.Let's take a taxi to the airport.
这儿好打车吗？Zhèr hǎo dǎchē ma?Is it easy to get a taxi here?
Questions about 打车
What does 打车 mean?
打车 (dǎchē) means “to take a taxi”.
How do you pronounce 打车?
打车 is pronounced dǎchē.
Which HSK level is 打车?
打车 is in HSK 2 (exam 2025) and HSK 1 (2021).
Related words
- 打电话dǎdiànhuàto make a phone call
- 打开dǎkāito open
- 打球dǎqiúto play ball
- 打工dǎgōngto work part-time
- 打算dǎsuànto plan
- 打印dǎyìnto print
- 打破dǎpòto break
- 打听dǎtingto ask about
- 打败dǎbàito defeat
- 打雷dǎléito thunder
Learn 打车 with its group
It is part of HSK 1 (2021) · Group 8: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.