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Chinese symbol for “cab”

驾驶室
jià shǐ shì
Traditional: 駕駛室
cab (of a locomotive, truck etc); driver's compartment; wheelhouse

The closest CC-CEDICT match for cab is 驾驶室 (jià shǐ shì), defined as: cab (of a locomotive, truck etc); driver's compartment; wheelhouse.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

驾 jià
to drive, to ride, to sail; carriage, cart
radical 187 ⾺ · 8 strokes
驶 shǐ
to drive, to pilot, to ride; fast, quick
radical 187 ⾺ · 8 strokes
室 shì
house, home; room, chamber
radical 40 ⼧ · 9 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “cab”

WordPinyinMeaning
出租汽车 (出租汽車)chū zū qì chētaxi; cab (PRC)
计程车 (計程車)jì chéng chē(Tw) taxi; cab

Related words

Other words that share a character with 驾驶室.

WordPinyinMeaning
驾驶 (駕駛)jià shǐto drive (vehicle); to pilot (ship, airplane etc); driver; pilot; captain
驾驶员 (駕駛員)jià shǐ yuánpilot; driver
驾车 (駕車)jià chēto drive a vehicle
驾照 (駕照)jià zhàodriver's license (abbr. for 驾驶执照 (jià shǐ zhí zhào))
驾驭 (駕馭)jià yùto urge on (of horse); to drive
凌驾 (凌駕)líng jiàto be above; to place above
行驶 (行駛)xíng shǐto travel along a route (of vehicles etc)
驾驶舱 (駕駛艙)jià shǐ cāngcockpit; control cabin
办公室 (辦公室)bàn gōng shìoffice; business premises

See also: Japanese symbol for “cab”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.