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(tíng chē) - to park, to stop a vehicle in Mandarin

tíngchē

Traditional: 停車

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Translation

to park, to stop a vehicle

Word origin

A compound of 停 (tíng, to stop) and 车 (chē, vehicle), literally to stop the vehicle.

Origin
compound
Root
停 (tíng, to stop) + 车 (chē, vehicle)

Stroke order

Stroke order for 停

Stroke order for 车

Examples

You cannot park here.

kǒu

Please stop the car at the entrance.

The car park is already full.

He parked the car at the side of the road.

The driver stopped the car slowly.

停车 (tíng chē) means to park or to stop a vehicle. It is a verb-object compound that can also describe the act of bringing a car to a halt.

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This word is part of lesson 35.