的士

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (的士)		的	士
anagram		士的

Etymology

Borrowed from English taxi.

Originally Cantonese, but it has been gaining popularity in mainland China, although still much less common than its synonyms.

More often encountered as its shortened form 的 (dí, dī, “taxi”) in the Mainland, used in words such as 打的 (dǎdī, “to catch a taxi”), 的哥 (dīgē, “male taxi driver”), etc.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dīshì, díshì
(Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄕˋ, ㄉㄧˊ ㄕˋ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou, Jyutping): dik¹ si^6-2
(Taishan, Wiktionary): det² si^4*
Min Dong (BUC): dék^→dĭk-sê̤ṳ
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): tek-sî / tiak-sî / tek-sū / tek-sí / tak--sī
(Teochew, Peng'im): di¹ se⁶ / dêg⁴ se⁶ / dêg⁴ si¹
Wu (Wiktionary): tiq sr (T4)

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dīshì
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄕˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dishìh
  - Wade–Giles: ti¹-shih⁴
  - Yale: dī-shr̀
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dishyh
  - Palladius: диши (diši)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: díshì
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄧˊ ㄕˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: díshìh
  - Wade–Giles: ti²-shih⁴
  - Yale: dí-shr̀
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dyishyh
  - Palladius: диши (diši)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: dik¹ si^6-2
  - Yale: dīk sí
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dik⁷ si^6-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: dig¹ xi^6-2
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɪk̚⁵ siː²²⁻³⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: det² si^4*
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tet̚⁵⁵ si²¹⁻²¹⁵/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: dék^→dĭk-sê̤ṳ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiʔ²⁴⁻²¹ søy²⁴²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tek-sî
  - Tâi-lô: tik-sî
  - Phofsit Daibuun: deksii
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ ɕi²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiak-sî
  - Tâi-lô: tiak-sî
  - Phofsit Daibuun: diaksii
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tiak̚⁵⁻²⁴ ɕi²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tek-sū
  - Tâi-lô: tik-sū
  - Phofsit Daibuun: deksu
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɪk̚³²⁻⁵ su²²/
- (Hokkien: Penang)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tek-sí
  - Tâi-lô: tik-sí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: deksie
  - IPA (Penang): /tek̚³⁻⁴ ɕi⁴⁴⁵/
- (Hokkien: Philippines)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tak--sī
  - Tâi-lô: tak--sī
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: di¹ se⁶ / dêg⁴ se⁶ / dêg⁴ si¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ti sṳ̆ / tek sṳ̆ / tek si
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti³³⁻²³ sɯ³⁵/, /tek̚²⁻⁴ sɯ³⁵/, /tek̚²⁻⁴ si³³/

Note:

di1 se6 - Chaozhou, Shantou, Chenghai, Jieyang;
dêg4 si1 - Jieyang.

Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: tiq sr (T4)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti̯ɪʔ³³ sz̩⁴⁴/

Noun

的士

(chiefly Cantonese, Min) taxi; cab; taxicab (Classifier: 輛／辆; 架 c)
搭的士 [Cantonese] ― daap³ dik¹ si^6-2 [Jyutping] ― to take a taxi
揸的士 [Cantonese] ― zaa¹ dik¹ si^6-2 [Jyutping] ― to drive a taxi

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 出租汽車 (“taxicab”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		出租汽車 Mainland China, 出租車 Mainland China, 計程車 Taiwan, 的士 Hong Kong, 德士 Singapore
Mandarin	Taiwan	計程車, 小黃
	Xi'an	出租車
	Ürümqi	出租車
	Chengdu	出租車
	Guiyang	出租車
	Guilin	出租車
	Nanjing	出租車
	Malaysia	德士, 的士
	Singapore	德士
Cantonese	Guangzhou	出租車, 的士
	Hong Kong	的士
	Taishan	的士
	Qinzhou	出租車, 的士, 的
Hakka	Meixian	出租汽車
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	計程車, 他庫西
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	計程車, 他庫西
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	計程車, 他庫西
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	計程車, 他庫西
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	計程車, 他庫西
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	計程車, 他庫西
Min Dong	Fuzhou	的士
Min Nan	Xiamen	的士
	Quanzhou	的士
	Zhangzhou	的士
	Zhao'an	的士, 計程車
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	計程車, tha-khú-sih
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	tha-khú-sih
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	計程車
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	計程車, tha-khú-sih
	Yilan (Toucheng)	計程仔
	Tainan	計程車
	Penghu (Xiyu)	計程車, tha-khú-sih
	Penang (Hokkien)	德司
	Singapore (Hokkien)	德司
	Manila (Hokkien)	的士, 計程車, 計車, 客車
	Shantou	的士
	Shantou (Chenghai)	的士
	Jieyang	的士
	Singapore (Teochew)	德司
	Wenchang	的士, 出租汽車
Wu	Shanghai	差頭, 出租車
Wu	Wenzhou	出租車

Derived terms

水上的士
的士佬
的士牌

的士牌照
空中的士
飛天的士／飞天的士