How to Order a Taxi in China?

Updated on December 27, 2022

Welcome to Ming Mandarin’s free online Mandarin Chinese lessons. In this lesson, we’ll learn how to communicate with a Chinese taxi driver in Mandarin Chinese.

How to Order a Taxi in China
How to Order a Taxi in China?
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Let’s look at some relevant example words and phrases to help you order a taxi in China (such as DiDi taxi: 滴滴出行, dī dī chūxíng).

How to Order a Taxi in China?

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How to day “order a taxi” in Mandarin Chinese? Well, here are the three most common ways to say “order a taxi” in China:

  1. 租出租车 (zū chūzū chē)
  2. 打车 (dǎchē)
  3. 打的 (dǎ di)

Order Taxi in Mandarin Chinese (words/phrases 1-10)

Hello. Where to go?nǐhǎo,qù nǎlǐ?你好,去哪里?
Sir (driver), hello, I go to ......road No.....shīfu,nǐhǎo,wǒ qù......lù......hào师傅,你好,我去...路..号
Sir, Beijing Hotel.Shīfu, dào běijīng fàndiàn.师傅,到   北京     饭店。
I go to (intersection of )......road and ......roadwǒ qù......lù,......lù我去...路,....路
I go to this placewǒ qù zhèɡè dìfānɡ我去这个地方
Go straightyìzhí zǒu一直走
Turn leftzuǒɡuǎi左拐
Turn rightyòuɡuǎi右拐
Please slow downqǐnɡ màn yìdiǎn'er请慢一点儿!
Please (drive) fasterqǐnɡ kuài yìdiǎn'er请快一点儿!
Learn how to order taxi in Mandarin Chinese.
Learn how to order taxi in Mandarin Chinese.

Order Taxi in Mandarin Chinese (words/phrases 11-20)

Stop!tínɡ chē停车
Arrived. Arriveddàole,dàole到了,到了
Stop heretínɡ zài zhèlǐ停在这里
Stop at entrancetínɡ zài mén kǒu停在门口
Stop at intersectiontínɡ zài lùkǒu停在路口
How long does it take to get to…?dào …  duō cháng shíjiān?到  ……  多长时间?
Driver: About half an hour.sījī: dàgài bàn gè xiǎoshí.司机: 大概半个小时
How much is it?duōshǎo qián?多少钱?
Please give me receiptqǐnɡ ɡěi wǒ fāpiào请给我发票
Can you wait a moment?Kéyǐ shāo děng yíxià ma?可以  稍等一下 吗?

Can you now order a taxi in China? Cool.

DiDi Taxi mobile App.
DiDi Taxi mobile App.

Btw, DiDi is the best Chinese App for ordering a taxi online in China. They have got a cool English version too. However, the drivers won’t speak any English. So, after going through this lesson, do you know how to communicate with a Chinese taxi driver?

Let me know in the comments. 🙂

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