Meaning of 停车
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
- to pull up (stop one's vehicle)
- to park
- (of a machine) to stop working
- to stall
How to use 停车
停车 covers both a short stop and parking a car for a while, and it can also describe a machine that stops working. You see it on signs like 停车场 (tíngchēchǎng), parking lot, and 禁止停车 (jìnzhǐ tíngchē), no parking. Example: 这里可以停车吗？(Zhèlǐ kěyǐ tíngchē ma?) Can I park here?
停 (tíng) has the person radical 亻 next to 亭, a roadside pavilion, so picture a person stopping to rest at a pavilion. Add 车 (chē), vehicle, and you get a vehicle that stops: to pull up or park.
Common mistake: Learners often write 停 without the 亻 radical or confuse it with 亭 (tíng), pavilion, which sounds the same. Also keep 停车 (stop the car) separate from 下车 (xià chē), to get out of the car.
停车 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
Stroke order for each character
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停 tíng · to stop · 11 strokes
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车 chē · car · 4 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 停车.
| 开车 | kāichē | to drive a car (or train etc); (slang) to post sexual content online; to make a sexual jok |
| 火车 | huǒchē | train |
| 上车 | shàng chē | to get on or into (a bus, train, car etc) |
| 汽车 | qìchē | car; automobile |
| 下车 | xià chē | to get off or out of (a bus, train, car etc) |
| 车上 | chē shang | |
| 车站 | chēzhàn | rail station; bus stop |
| 车票 | chēpiào | ticket for a bus or train |
| 打车 | dǎchē | to take a taxi (in town); to hitch a lift |
| 出租车 | chūzūchē | taxi; (Tw) rental car |
| 自行车 | zìxíngchē | bicycle; bike |
| 停车场 | tíngchēchǎng | parking lot; car park |
Questions about 停车
What does 停车 mean?
停车 (tíngchē) means "to pull up (stop one's vehicle); to park".
How do you write 停车?
停车 is made of 2 characters: 停 (11 strokes), 车 (4 strokes). That is 15 strokes in total.
Is 停车 an HSK word?
Yes. 停车 is on the HSK 2 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
How is 停车 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 停车 is written 停車.
How do I say I am looking for a parking spot in Chinese?
You can say 我在找停车位 (Wǒ zài zhǎo tíngchēwèi). 停车位 (tíngchēwèi) means parking space, and 车位 (chēwèi) alone is also common in speech.
Can I split 停车 with other words in between?
Yes, it works like a verb plus object, so you can say 停好车 (tíng hǎo chē), park the car properly, or 停了车 (tíng le chē), parked the car. You can also say 车停在哪儿？(Chē tíng zài nǎr?) Where is the car parked?