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ID: 2403 Intermediate
Getting a cab in Shanghai has recently gotten easier. Well, it is if you've downloaded a taxi cab booking app anyway. In this lesson, two friends talk about using an app to book a taxi and avoid waiting to hail a cab.
Wed Mar 19 2014 | Greg, Vera
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SIMPLIFIED | PINYIN | ENGLISH | |
---|---|---|---|
订 | dìng | to order | |
出租车 | chūzūchē | taxi | |
打车 | dǎchē | to take a taxi | |
软件 | ruǎnjiàn | software |
哎,那个订车电话是多少啊?
āi ,nà gè dìng chē diànhuà shì duōshao ā ?
Hey, what's the phone number to book a cab?
啊?现在谁还用电话订出租车?
ā ?xiànzài shéi hái yòng diànhuà dìng chūzūchē ?
What? Who still uses the phone to book a cab nowadays?
那怎么订?
nà zěnme dìng ?
Then how do you book one?
用打车软件呀,在手机上下载一个就好了。
yòng dǎchē ruǎnjiàn ya ,zài shǒujī shàng xiàzǎi yī gè jiùhǎole 。
Use taxi cab booking software. Download one to your phone and that should do it.
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