Chinese for taxis
A taxi is a short, predictable exchange with someone who does not want to chat, which makes it a good first test. Most of the work is done by the address you show.
Getting in, giving the address, following the route and getting out of a taxi in mainland China, with the phrases drivers actually use.
Getting in
Drivers read addresses in characters. Pinyin without tone marks can match several places, and a driver cannot type it into a navigation app. Keep the address in Chinese characters on your phone before you flag anything down.
On the way
It is polite without being formal and it works for drivers, mechanics, chefs and repair people. You will hear it more often than any word for driver.
Getting out
When something is off
The daily course builds these phrases into real conversation, one short lesson a day. Days 1 to 7 need no account, and a free account opens the rest of the first month.
The lesson this builds on: day 7 →