When taking a taxi in China, you often need to tell the driver your destination clearly.
This page provides useful Chinese phrases for hotels, airports, train stations, and popular tourist destinations.
You can also show the Chinese text directly to the driver for easier communication.
🚕 Please take me to this hotel.
Chinese: 请送我去这家酒店。
Pinyin: qǐng sòng wǒ qù zhè jiā jiǔdiàn.
English: Please take me to this hotel.
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💬 Example:
A: Please take me to this hotel.
A: 请送我去这家酒店。
B: Let me see the name on your phone.
B: 我看下你手机上的酒店名字。
💡 Tip:
Show the hotel picture or name to taxi drivers when you check in after traveling.
🚕 Please take me to the airport.
Chinese: 请送我去机场。
Pinyin: qǐng sòng wǒ qù jīchǎng.
English: Please take me to the airport.
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💬 Example:
A: Please take me to the airport, my flight departs in two hours.
A: 请送我去机场，我的航班两小时后起飞。
B: I’ll take the fast road to avoid traffic jams.
B: 我走快速路避开堵车。
💡 Tip:
Use this sentence when you need to catch a flight and head to the airport by taxi.
🚕 Please take me here.
Chinese: 请送我到这里。
Pinyin: qǐng sòng wǒ dào zhè lǐ.
English: Please take me here.
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💬 Example:
A: Please take me here, this is my office.
A: 请送我到这里，这是我的公司。
B: Got it, I will follow the map mark.
B: 明白了，我跟着地图标记走。
💡 Tip:
Point to the location on your phone map when you don’t know the exact road name.
🚕 I want to go to this address.
Chinese: 我想去这个地址。
Pinyin: wǒ xiǎng qù zhè ge dìzhǐ.
English: I want to go to this address.
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💬 Example:
A: I want to go to this address written on the paper.
A: 我想去纸上写的这个地址。
B: Hand me the paper, I will check it.
B: 把纸给我，我看一下。
💡 Tip:
Suitable when you have a written or screenshot address to show the driver.
🚕 This is the address.
Chinese: 这就是地址。
Pinyin: zhè jiù shì dìzhǐ.
English: This is the address.
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💬 Example:
A: This is the address, please drive there.
A: 这就是地址，请开过去。
B: Okay, I know this community.
B: 好的，我知道这个小区。
💡 Tip:
Say this while handing your phone or note with the destination address to the driver.
🚕 Please go to this place on the map.
Chinese: 请前往地图上这个位置。
Pinyin: qǐng qiánwǎng dìtú shàng zhè ge wèizhì.
English: Please go to this place on the map.
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💬 Example:
A: Please go to this place on the map, it’s a shopping mall.
A: 请前往地图上这个位置，是一家商场。
B: No problem, I’ll navigate along this route.
B: 没问题，我按这条路线导航。
💡 Tip:
Use when you share a pinned location on navigation apps with the taxi driver.
🚕 I’m going to a hotel nearby.
Chinese: 我要去附近的一家酒店。
Pinyin: wǒ yào qù fùjìn de yì jiā jiǔdiàn.
English: I’m going to a hotel nearby.
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💬 Example:
A: I’m going to a hotel nearby, it’s only five minutes away.
A: 我要去附近的一家酒店，五分钟就到。
B: Alright, let’s go.
B: 好的，我们出发。
💡 Tip:
Use this when your destination hotel is close to your current pick-up spot.
Travel Tip
In China, it is very helpful to show your destination in both Chinese text and map apps.
Taxi drivers often rely on visual confirmation, especially in busy cities or when addresses are difficult to pronounce.