Survival and Travel Chinese Part 3: Taking a Taxi

Once you have mastered part 2 of our Survival Chinese guide, let's learn some more words and characters to help you during your trip to China.

In this lesson, you'll learn vocabulary and phrases for taking a taxi:

Pinyin	English	Chinese Character (simplified)	Comments
chē	vehicle / car	车
chūzū chē	taxi	出租车
fāpiào	receipt / invoice	发票
tíng	stop	停
yòu	right	右
zuǒ	left	左
biān	side	边
guǎi	turn	拐
zhí	straight	直
zǒu	to go, to walk	走
qiánmiàn	in front	前面
hòumiàn	behind	后面
zhèli	here	这里
yào	want	要
cóng	from	从
dào	to	到
zhèlǐ	here	这里
duōjiǔ	how long (by time)	多久

Let's try some simple Mandarin phrases using the vocabulary above:

English	Pinyin	Chinese Characters (simplified)
Turn right	Yòu guǎi	右拐
Turn left	Zuǒ guǎi	左拐
Straight ahead	Zhí zǒu	直走
Right side	Yòu biān	右边
Stop here	Zhèli tíng	这里停
In front. Thank you.	Qiánmiàn. Xièxie.	前面. 谢谢.
Stop in front. Thank you.	Qiánmiàn tíng. Xièxie.	前面停. 谢谢.
I want the receipt. Thank you.	Wǒ yào fāpiào. Xièxie.	我要发票. 谢谢.
The hotel is in front.	Jiǔdiàn zài qiánmiàn.	酒店在前面.
From the airport to the hotel, how much money is it?	Cóng jīchǎng dào jiǔdiàn duōshao qián?	从机场到酒店多少钱?
From here to the hotel, how much time will it take?	Cóng zhèlǐ dào jiǔdiàn duōjiǔ?	从这里到酒店多久?

Please try part 4 of our Chinese survival guide.

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