倒车 dǎochē to change buses, trains etc
How to remember 倒车: 倒 collapse + 车 car = to change buses, trains etc.
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How it is used
- To change/transfer between buses or trains - 中途倒车 (zhōngtú dǎochē) to change transit en route.
- Read dǎochē here for 'transfer'; note the SAME characters read dàochē mean 'to reverse/back up a vehicle' (倒车请注意).
- 倒车 (dǎo) = to switch lines; 换乘 (huànchéng) is the more formal synonym.
- Context and tone disambiguate: transferring (dǎo) vs backing up (dào).