Chinese word

停车

Pronunciation

Pinyintíng chē

我在医院门口停车，去拿快递。wǒ zài yī yuàn mén kǒu tíng chē qù ná kuài dì

I parked by the hospital entrance and went to pick up my package.

他在路边停车，下车去买东西。tā zài lù biān tíng chē xià chē qù mǎi dōng xī

He parked by the roadside, got out, and went to buy something.

A vehicle stops moving and stays in one place, whether briefly or as a parked vehicle.

停tíng: Make something that is moving stop.
停止tíng zhǐ: End movement completely, leaving the thing at rest.

把车停下，使其不再前进；可作动词，也可与位置名词结合表示停放的地点。bǎ chē tíng xià shǐ qí bú zài qián jìn kě zuò dòng cí yě kě yǔ wèi zhì míng cí jié hé biǎo shì tíng fàng de dì diǎn

停车 (tíngchē, "to stop a vehicle") is a transparent compound of 停 (tíng, "stop") and 车 (chē, "vehicle").

Chinese can put the location before the verb, so a place name may come first when stating where a vehicle is left.