停车tíng chēto pull up (stop one's vehicle)
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.
to pull up (stop one's vehicle)verb
- 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?
How is 停车 used in a conversation?
- Speaker A:
我们快到饭店了。
Wǒmen kuài dào fàndiàn le.
We're almost at the restaurant.
- Speaker B:
饭店门口可以停车吗?
Fàndiàn ménkǒu kěyǐ tíngchē ma?
Can we park at the restaurant's entrance?
- 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.
- 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.