"hail a taxi" in Chinese (Simplified)

• 叫出租车
• 拦出租车

Definition

在街上招手让出租车停下来接你。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))

常用于城市，指在路边招手拦出租车，而不是打电话叫车。日常表达，很常见。

Examples

It's easy to hail a taxi in New York.

在纽约**叫出租车**很容易。

She tried to hail a taxi after dinner.

她晚饭后试图**拦出租车**。

You can hail a taxi on this street.

你可以在这条街上**叫出租车**。

We couldn't find an Uber, so we decided to hail a taxi instead.

我们找不到打车软件，就决定**叫出租车**。

Sometimes it's faster to just hail a taxi than wait for one to come.

有时候直接**拦出租车**比等一辆来要快。

Tourists often struggle to hail a taxi during rush hour.

游客在高峰时段经常很难**叫出租车**。