Chinese word

代客泊车

Pronunciation

Pinyindài kè bó chē

Meaning

  • nounvalet parking

Example

机场有代客泊车服务。jī chǎng yǒu dài kè bó chē fú wù

The airport has a valet parking service.

Illustration for 代客泊车 (valet parking)

More examples

餐厅门口提供代客泊车。cān tīng mén kǒu tí gōng dài kè bó chē

The restaurant offers valet parking at the entrance.

Core concept

Staff take charge of moving a customer's car into or out of a parking space.

Common phrases

  • 有代客泊车yǒu dài kè bó chē

    have valet parking

  • 没有代客泊车méi yǒu dài kè bó chē

    not have valet parking

Similar words

代客停车dài kè tíng chē: A service where staff drive and park a customer's car for the customer.
代客取车dài kè qǔ chē: A service where staff take a customer's car out of parking and return it.

Definition in Chinese

一种由服务人员代为开走、停放或取回车辆的服务。yì zhǒng yóu fú wù rén yuán dài wéi kāi zǒu tíng fàng huò qǔ huí chē liàng de fú wù

Word origin

代客泊车 (dàikèbóchē, "valet parking") is built from 代 (dài, "act for") + 客 (kè, "customer") + 泊 (bó, "park") + 车 (chē, "car"), so the name presents parking done for a customer.

Usage tips

  • In English, valet can name either the worker or the service, while this Chinese noun normally names the service itself.

Opposites

  • 自助停车zì zhù tíng chēself-parkingnoun

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