的姐

dījiě

noun

Measure Word

一位的姐 wèi

Meanings

1 female taxi driver
2 woman cabbie

Characters

older sister; woman

Examples

HSK 6

深夜打车时，不少女乘客更愿意坐的姐的车。

Shēnyè dǎchē shí, bùshǎo nǚ chéngkè gèng yuànyì zuò dījiě de chē.

Late at night, many women passengers would rather ride with a woman driver.

HSK 7-9

这位的姐开车又快又稳。

Zhè wèi dījiě kāichē yòu kuài yòu wěn.

This woman cab driver drives fast and smoothly.

Tips

usage

的 here is short for 的士 'taxi', a Cantonese loan from English, so it reads dī, not de. The pair is 的哥 for a male driver and 的姐 for a female one. Both are informal; on a form you would write 出租车司机.

Stroke Order

的 de

姐 jiě