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Chinese symbol for “taxi”

的
dī
(bound form) a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 (dī shì))

The closest CC-CEDICT match for taxi is 的 (dī), defined as: (bound form) a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 (dī shì)).

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

的 dī
aim, goal; of; possessive particle; -self suffix
radical 106 ⽩ · 8 strokes

Other Chinese words for “taxi”

WordPinyinMeaning
出租车 (出租車)chū zū chētaxi; (Tw) rental car
的士dī shìtaxi (loanword)
出租汽车 (出租汽車)chū zū qì chētaxi; cab (PRC)
德士dé shì(Singapore, Malaysia) taxi (loanword)
计程车 (計程車)jì chéng chē(Tw) taxi; cab

Related words

Other words that share a character with 的.

WordPinyinMeaning
真的zhēn dereally; truly; indeed; real; true; genuine
的话 (的話)de huàif (coming after a conditional clause)
目的mù dìpurpose; aim; goal; target; objective
的确 (的確)dí quèreally; indeed
别的 (別的)bié deelse; other
似的shì deseems as if; rather like

See also: Japanese symbol for “taxi”.

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.

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