🚗 The driver

Unit 9 · The city & getting around (HSK 3) · 8 min

In a cab: 师傅，去机场 "Driver, to the airport." 麻烦您开慢一点儿 "Please drive a bit slower." 我带了两个行李箱 "I've got two suitcases." 辆 liàng counts vehicles: 一辆车.

Words in this lesson

• 司机 (sī jī) — driver
• 师傅 (shī fu) — master (polite address)
• 辆 (liàng) — measure word for vehicles
• 带 (dài) — to bring; to carry
• 行李箱 (xíng li xiāng) — suitcase
• 麻烦 (má fan) — to trouble; please

Drivers and tradespeople are addressed as 师傅 in China.

Project: Write a taxi dialogue: get in, address, pay and get out.