车位
HSK 4 (exam 2025)
车位 (chēwèi) · parking space
车位 (chēwèi) means “parking space”. It is written with 2 characters: 车 (vehicle) + 位 (measure word for people (polite)). It is an HSK 4 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 车位 is built
The characters
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)
位 wèi · measure word for people (polite)
What 位 is made of
- 亻rén — person
- 立lì — to stand
- 亠tóu — lid
- 丶 — dot
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 丷ha — kwukyel
- 丶 — dot
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 亠tóu — lid
Origin hint: The place where a person 亻 stands 立 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
这里没有车位了。Zhèlǐ méiyǒu chēwèi le.There are no parking spaces left here.
我在楼下找到了一个车位。Wǒ zài lóu xià zhǎodào le yí ge chēwèi.I found a parking space downstairs.
Questions about 车位
What does 车位 mean?
车位 (chēwèi) means “parking space”.
How do you pronounce 车位?
车位 is pronounced chēwèi.
Which HSK level is 车位?
车位 is in HSK 4 (exam 2025).
Related words
- 车票chēpiàobus or train ticket
- 车上chēshàngon the bus
- 车站chēzhànstation
- 打车dǎchēto take a taxi
- 火车huǒchētrain
- 开车kāichēto drive
- 汽车qìchēcar
- 上车shàngchēto get on a vehicle
- 下车xiàchēto get off a vehicle
- 车辆chēliàngvehicle
Learn 车位 with its group
It is part of HSK 4 · Group 8: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.