Chinese word

计价器

Pronunciation

Pinyinjì jià qì

Meaning

  • nountaxi meter

Example

司机说这辆车的计价器坏了。sī jī shuō zhè liàng chē de jì jià qì huài le

The driver said this car's taxi meter was broken.

Illustration for 计价器 (taxi meter)

More examples

如果计价器坏了，可以和司机协商价格。rú guǒ jì jià qì huài le ké yǐ hé sī jī xié shāng jià gé

If the taxi meter is broken, you can negotiate the price with the driver.

Core concept

A vehicle-mounted device that turns distance and travel time into a running fare.

Common phrases

  • 请把计价器打开qǐng bǎ jì jià qì dǎ kāi

    turn on the taxi meter

  • 计价器显示的金额jì jià qì xiǎn shì de jīn é

    amount displayed by the taxi meter

  • 计价器坏了jì jià qì huài le

    broken taxi meter

Similar words

表biǎo: A spoken short name for the taxi device that displays the fare.
计价表jì jià biǎo: A fare-rate chart that explains prices for different routes or distance ranges.
车费表chē fèi biǎo: A fare chart listing the prices that apply to different rides or sections of a trip.

Definition in Chinese

在出租车等车辆上，用来按照行驶里程和时间并按规定费率自动计算并显示应付车费的机械或电子设备。zài chū zū chē děng chē liàng shàng yòng lái àn zhào xíng shǐ lǐ chéng hé shí jiān bìng àn guī dìng fèi lǜ zì dòng jì suàn bìng xiǎn shì yìng fù chē fèi de jī xiè huò diàn zi shè bèi

Word origin

计 (jì, "calculate") + 价 (jià, "price") + 器 (qì, "device") forms a transparent compound for a device that calculates a price.

Usage tips

  • Unlike a fixed fare, the amount shown can keep changing while a taxi is stopped in traffic because waiting time may count as well as distance.

Other meanings

  • meternoun

Related words

  • 计价jì jiàcalculate the fareverb
  • 计价单位jì jià dān wèipricing unitnoun

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