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停车tíng chēto pull up (stop one's vehicle)

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停车 (tíng chē) means "to park" or "to pull up," that is, to stop one's vehicle somewhere, either briefly or for a longer time. It is often used with 在 to say where a car is parked, as in 在路边停车 (to park by the road).

What does 停车 mean?

  1. 1.

    to pull up (stop one's vehicle)verb

  2. 2.

    to parkverb

What do the characters in 停车 mean?

  • 停to park (a car)
  • 车car

How do you use 停车?

停车 often follows 在 plus a place, and 能不能停车 can ask if parking is allowed.

What are some examples of 停车 in a sentence?

  1. 这里不能停车。

    Zhèlǐ bù néng tíngchē.

    You can't park here.

  2. 我们在路边停车吧。

    Wǒmen zài lùbiān tíngchē ba.

    Let's park by the road.

  3. 前面有地方停车吗?

    Qiánmiàn yǒu dìfang tíngchē ma?

    Is there somewhere to park up ahead?

How is 停车 used in a conversation?

  1. Speaker A:

    我们快到饭店了。

    Wǒmen kuài dào fàndiàn le.

    We're almost at the restaurant.

  2. Speaker B:

    饭店门口可以停车吗?

    Fàndiàn ménkǒu kěyǐ tíngchē ma?

    Can we park at the restaurant's entrance?

  3. Speaker A:

    不可以,后面有一处停车的地方。

    Bù kěyǐ, hòumiàn yǒu yí chù tíngchē de dìfang.

    No, there's a place to park at the back.

  4. Speaker B:

    好,那我开到后面去。

    Hǎo, nà wǒ kāi dào hòumiàn qù.

    OK, then I'll drive around to the back.

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English glosses on this page are adapted from CC-CEDICT, published by MDBG (snapshot 2026-10-23), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Glosses were edited for learners.