停车场 (tíngchēchǎng) · parking lot
停车场 (tíngchēchǎng) means “parking lot; car park”. It is written with 3 characters: 停 (to stop) + 车 (vehicle) + 场 (place). It is an HSK 4 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 停车场 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)
场 chǎng · place
What 场 is made of
- 土tǔ — earth
- 十 — ten
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 十 — ten
- 勿wù — must not
Origin hint: 土 gives the meaning, 昜 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
Questions about 停车场
What does 停车场 mean?
停车场 (tíngchēchǎng) means “parking lot; car park”.
How do you pronounce 停车场?
停车场 is pronounced tíngchēchǎng.
Which HSK level is 停车场?
停车场 is in HSK 4 (exam 2025) and HSK 2 (2021).
Related words
- 停车tíngchēto park
- 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
It is part of HSK 2 (2021) · Group 72: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.