Taxi, a kind of temporarily hired car, is often charged by mileage or time, also called taxi. Taiwan Province Province is called "Taxi", Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao are called "Taxi", and Singapore and Malaysia are called "Taxi". Taxi English is the abbreviation of taximeter, which means "odometer" or "odometer".
The origin of taxis has a long history. 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.