停车 (停車)
tíng chē
Pinyin

Definition

停车 (停車)
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tíng chē
  1. to pull up (stop one's vehicle)
  2. to park
  3. (of a machine) to stop working
  4. to stall

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

停
tíng
  1. 1 to stop
  2. 2 to halt
  3. 3 to park (a car)
停下
tíng xià
  1. 1 to stop
停机
tíng jī
  1. 1 (of a machine) to stop
  2. 2 to shut down
  3. 3 to park a plane
  4. 4 to finish shooting (a TV program etc)
  5. 5 to suspend a phone line
  6. 6 (of a prepaid mobile phone) to be out of credit
停歇
tíng xiē
  1. 1 to stop for a rest
停止
tíng zhǐ
  1. 1 to stop
  2. 2 to halt
  3. 3 to cease

Idioms (1)

停滞不前
tíng zhì bù qián
  1. 1 stuck and not moving forward (idiom); stagnant
  2. 2 in a rut
  3. 3 at a standstill

Sample Sentences

停车坐爱枫林晚，
tíngchē zuò ài fēnglín wǎn ，
I stopped the carriage because I love the scenes of maple trees in deep autumn evenings
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禁止停车
jìnzhǐ tíngchē
Do not park
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我家附近的公园也是，占用停车格就算了，有躺在人行道上的，挂在树上的，还有扔到河里的，真是够了！
wǒjiā fùjìn de gōngyuán yě shì ，zhàn yòng tíngchēgé jiù suànle ，yǒu tǎng zài rénxíngdào shàng de ，guà zài shùshang de ，háiyǒu rēngdào hé lǐ de ，zhēn shì gòu le ！
It's the same with the park by my home. It's not even just a matter of occupying the parking spaces, some are strewn across the sidewalk, some are hanging on trees, and some are even thrown in rivers. It's really too much!
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什么共享经济嘛！我今天出门要停个机车，停车格都被共享单车给占满了，停车格规划得一塌糊涂，现在又要开放共享单车？
shénme gòngxiǎng jīngjì ma ！wǒ jīntiān chūmén yào tíng gè jīchē ，tíngchēgé dōu bèi gòngxiǎng dānchē gěi zhàn mǎn le ，tíngchēgé guīhuà de yītāhútu ，xiànzài yòu yào kāifàng gòngxiǎng dānchē ？
What's with that sharing economy! I went out today and needed to park my scooter, and all the parking spaces were occupied by shared bicycles. The parking spaces are all so muddled up, so now they want to launch shared bicycles?
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我觉得共享单车没什么不妥呀！你看用手机扫一扫二维码，比公共单车方便多了。只要大家能自觉一点，把车停在划定的停车位就行了。
wǒ juéde gòngxiǎng dānchē méi shénme bùtuǒ ya ！nǐ kàn yòng shǒujī sǎo yī sǎo èrwéimǎ ，bǐ gōnggòng dānchē fāngbiàn duō le 。zhǐyào dàjiā néng zìjué yīdiǎn ，bǎ chē tíng zài huà dìng de tíngchēwèi jiù xíng le 。
I think there's nothing wrong with shared bicycles! Look, you can scan the QR code with your phone, which is far more convenient than public bicycles. As long as everyone can be a little bit more conscientious, and park the bicycles in the properly delineated spaces.
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我前天练习路边停车，怎么停都没办法停在格子里。
wǒ qiántiān liànxí lùbiān tíngchē ，zěnme tíng dōu méibànfǎ tíng zài gézi lǐ 。
The day before yesterday I was practicing roadside parking, but I was unable to park within the lines however much I tried.
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明天教练要我同时练路边停车与倒车入库，压力实在太大了。我知道你要说什么，要多练习！
míngtiān jiàoliàn yào wǒ tóngshí liàn lùbiān tíngchē yǔ dàochē rù kù ，yālì really tài dà le 。wǒ zhīdào nǐ yào shuō shénme ，yào duō liànxí ！
Tomorrow the instructor wants me to practice parallel parking and reversing into a parking space in the one lesson. It's really a lot of pressure. I know what you're going to say: you need to practice more.
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公有停车场都停满了，私人呢，你又不是不知道，贵死了!我就满街绕啊绕，绕了十几圈，总算找到了一个路边的停车位。
gōngyǒu tíngchē chǎng dōu tíng mǎn le ，sīrén ne ，nǐ yòu bùshì bù zhīdào ，guì sǐ le !wǒ jiù mǎn jiē rào ā rào ，rào le shíjǐ quān ，zǒngsuàn zhǎodào le yī gè lùbiān de tíngchēwèi 。
All the public parking spaces were full. The private ones, well, it's not like you don't know, they're extortionate! I had to go round and round the block. After around ten laps, I finally found a parking space by the side of the road.
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附近不是有很多停车场？
fùjìn bùshì yǒu hěn duō tíngchē chǎng ？
Aren't there loads of parking lots around?
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找不到车位呀，现在停车位真是“一位难求”！
zhǎobudào chēwèi ya ，xiànzài tíngchēwèi zhēn shì “yī wèi nánqiú ”！
Couldn't find a parking space. These days parking spaces are extremely hard to come by.
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