Chinese word

停车场

Pronunciation

Pinyintíng chē chǎng

Meaning

  • nounparking lot

Example

这个停车场很大。zhè ge tíng chē chǎng hěn dà

This parking lot is very big.

Illustration for 停车场 (parking lot)

More examples

请在停车场停车，不要停在路上。qǐng zài tíng chē chǎng tíng chē bú yào tíng zài lù shàng

Please park in the parking lot, not on the road.

Core concept

A shared stopping place for cars, organized into spaces rather than used as a road.

Common phrases

  • 在停车场停车zài tíng chē chǎng tíng chē

    park in the parking lot

  • 停车场入口tíng chē chǎng rù kǒu

    entrance to the parking lot

Similar words

车位chē wèi: One marked parking space intended for a single vehicle.
车库chē kù: An indoor building or space for storing vehicles and shielding them from rain and wind.

Definition in Chinese

供车辆短时或长时停放的场所，通常划有车位并可能收取停车费。gōng chē liàng duǎn shí huò cháng shí tíng fàng de cháng suǒ tōng cháng huà yǒu chē wèi bìng kě néng shōu qǔ tíng chē fèi

Word origin

停车场 (tíngchēchǎng, "parking lot") combines 停 (tíng, "stop") + 车 (chē, "vehicle") + 场 (chǎng, "place") to name a place where vehicles stop.

Usage tips

  • On signs, 收费 (shōufèi, "charge a fee") and 免费 (miǎnfèi, "free of charge") show whether using the facility costs money.

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