停车
HSK 4 (exam 2025)HSK 2 (2021)
停车 (tíngchē) · to park
停车 (tíngchē) means “to park; to stop (a vehicle)”. It is written with 2 characters: 停 (to stop) + 车 (vehicle). It is an HSK 4 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 停车 is built
The characters
停 tíng · to stop
What 停 is made of
- 亻rén — person
- 亭tíng — pavilion
- 亠tóu — lid
- 丶 — dot
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 冂 — frame
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 冖mì — cover
- 丁dīng — male adult
- 亠tóu — lid
Origin hint: 亻 gives the meaning, 亭 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
车 chē · vehicle
What 车 is made of
- 七qī — seven
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 乚 — hook stroke
- 十 — ten
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 丨 — vertical stroke
Origin hint: Simplified form of 車, a cart with two wheels, seen from above (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
这里不能停车。Zhèlǐ bù néng tíngchē.You can't park here.
请在前面停车。Qǐng zài qiánmiàn tíngchē.Please pull over up ahead.
Questions about 停车
What does 停车 mean?
停车 (tíngchē) means “to park; to stop (a vehicle)”.
How do you pronounce 停车?
停车 is pronounced tíngchē.
Which HSK level is 停车?
停车 is in HSK 4 (exam 2025) and HSK 2 (2021).
Related words
- 停车场tíngchēchǎngparking lot
- 停止tíngzhǐto stop
- 停下tíngxiàto stop
- 停泊tíngbóto anchor
- 停顿tíngdùnto pause
- 停滞tíngzhìto stagnate
- 暂停zàntíngto pause
- 停tíngto stop
- 车票chēpiàobus or train ticket
- 车上chēshàngon the bus
Learn 停车 with its group
It is part of HSK 2 (2021) · Group 71: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.