Hail a cab Meaning in English

expression

US

ˈheɪɫ/ /ˈeɪ/, /ə/ /ˈkæb

HAIL-uh-KAB

UK

hˈeɪl/ /æɪ/ /kˈæb

HAIL-uh-KAB

परिभाषा

To signal or call a taxi, usually by waving your hand or raising your arm so the driver notices and stops for you.

उपयोग और बारीकियां

Commonly used in cities where you can catch a taxi on the street. 'Cab' means 'taxi.' 'Hail' is specific to getting the attention of a moving cab, not ordering by phone/app. Often followed by saying the destination after the cab stops.

• Spanish: parar un taxi - llamar un taxi
• Portuguese (BR): chamar um táxi - acenar para um táxi
• Portuguese (PT): chamar um táxi - acenar a um táxi
• Chinese (Simplified): 招出租车 - 打车
• Chinese (Traditional): 招計程車 - 攔計程車
• Hindi: टैक्सी रोकना - टैक्सी बुलाना
• Arabic: إيقاف سيارة أجرة - طلب سيارة أجرة
• Bengali: ট্যাক্সি ডাকতে ইশারা করা - হ্যাইল করা
• Russian: поймать такси - остановить такси
• Japanese: タクシーを拾う - タクシーを呼び止める
• Vietnamese: vẫy taxi
• Korean: 택시를 잡다 - 택시를 부르다(거리에서 손을 들어)
• Turkish: taksi çevirmek - taksi durdurmak
• Urdu: ٹیکسی روکنا
• Indonesian: menyetop taksi - memanggil taksi (di jalan)

उदाहरण वाक्य

I stood on the corner to hail a cab.

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It's easy to hail a cab in New York City.

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Can you hail a cab for me, please?

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It started raining, so I quickly tried to hail a cab.

natural

You can just step into the street and hail a cab here.

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I couldn't hail a cab, so I used a rideshare app instead.

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