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Taxi is a temporary car, usually charged by mileage or time. Taiwan Province province is called "taxi", Hunan, Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macau are called "taxis", Singapore and Malaysia are called "Texaco" and Shanghai is called "head taxi".

In fact, the origin of taxis is quite related. As early as the18th century, if a rich Englishman wanted to take a short trip, he often rented a convertible with one horse and two wheels.

Cabriolet comes from a French verb which means "jump". /kloc-in the 0/9th century, people began to use the abbreviation of the word "cab" to refer to large carriages in cities, and today we often say that taking a taxi comes from this.

In addition, the taxis at that time were also called hackneys or hacks, which were taken from the French word haquenee. Today, taxi drivers in many cities are still called taxi drivers.

Of course, there is no such thing as a free lunch, and taking a taxi costs money. In the early days, taxi drivers charged according to the estimated distance. But at the end of19th century, someone invented a meter that can automatically measure the actual driving distance of vehicles. This word is taken from the French words taxe and measure.

It is precisely because of the invention and application of the meter that taxis are quickly called taxicab, or taxi for short. This word is spelled the same in English, French, German, Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese, Swedish, Danish and Norwegian.

The word "Dapai" is not an original word in modern Chinese, but originated from Cantonese. Taxis appeared earlier in economically developed Hong Kong and Guangdong, so there is a corresponding saying of "taking a taxi" in Cantonese.