打的

Chinese

		beat; strike; break beat; strike; break; mix up; build; fight; fetch; make; tie up; issue; shoot; calculate; since; from; dozen	(abbreviation of 的士) taxi
simp. and trad. (打的)		打	的

Etymology

Borrowed from Cantonese 搭的 ("to get a taxi")

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dǎdī, dǎdí

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˇ ㄉㄧ, ㄉㄚˇ ㄉㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daa² dik¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dǎdī
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˇ ㄉㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dǎdi
    • Wade–Giles: ta³-ti¹
    • Yale: dǎ-dī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daadi
    • Palladius: дади (dadi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä²¹⁴⁻²¹ ti⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dǎdí
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˇ ㄉㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dǎdí
    • Wade–Giles: ta³-ti²
    • Yale: dǎ-dí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daadyi
    • Palladius: дади (dadi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä²¹⁴⁻²¹ ti³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daa² dik¹
    • Yale: dá dīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daa² dik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: da² dig¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taː³⁵ tɪk̚⁵/

Verb

打⫽的 (verb-object) (intransitive)

1. (Chiefly Mandarin, Mainland China) to get a taxi; to take a cab; to call a taxi

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 打車 (“to get a taxi”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		打車
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	打車, 打的
	Taiwan	搭計程車
Cantonese	Guangzhou	打的
	Hong Kong	搭的士, 搭的
Southern Min	Xiamen	拍的
	Quanzhou	拍的
	Zhangzhou	拍的
	Chaozhou	拍的
Wu	Shanghai	拉差頭, 攔差頭, 放差