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的士

的士

Chinese

 
really and truly; aim; clear; (possessive, modifying, or descriptive particle); of
 scholar; warrior; knight
simp. and trad.
(的士) 		的 士

Noun

的士

  1. (chiefly Cantonese, Min) taxi; cab; taxicab   (Classifier: 輛／辆; 架 c)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 出租汽車 (“taxicab”)
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 出租汽車
Mandarin Beijing 出租車、出租汽車、出租
Taiwan 計程車、小黃
Tianjin 出租車、出租、的
Malaysia 德士、的士
Singapore 德士
Cantonese Guangzhou 的士
Hong Kong 的士
Taishan 的士
Hakka Miaoli (N. Sixian) 計程車、他庫西
Liudui (S. Sixian) 計程車、他庫西
Hsinchu (Hailu) 計程車、他庫西
Dongshi (Dabu) 計程車、他庫西
Zhuolan (Raoping) 計程車、他庫西
Yunlin (Zhao'an) 計程車、他庫西
Min Dong Fuzhou 的士
Min Nan Quanzhou 的士
Xiamen 的士
Zhangzhou 的士
Taipei 計程車、tha-khú-sih
Chaozhou 的士
Wu Shanghai 差頭
Wenzhou 出租車

Etymology

Borrowing from English taxi.

Originally Cantonese, but it has been gaining popularity in mainland China, although still much less common than its synonyms.

More often encountered as its abbreviation 的 (dí, dī, “taxi”) in the mainland, used in words such as 打的 (dǎdī, “to catch a taxi”), 的哥 (“male taxi driver”), etc.

Pronunciation

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