停车位

停車位
tíngchēwèi
noun HSK 7-9 #13,133

Meanings

  1. 1 parking space
  2. 2 parking spot

Characters

Literally 'stop-car-spot' - a place where you stop a car.

Examples

HSK 1
Zhèlǐ hěn nán zhǎodào tíngchēwèi.
It's hard to find a parking space here.
HSK 5
Tā qiǎng le wǒ de tíngchēwèi.
He took my parking spot.

Tips

usage
In Chinese cities, 停车位 is a constant headache. 抢停车位 (fighting for parking) is so common it's become a mini-genre of dashcam videos online. A 停车场 is a parking lot, while 停车位 is the individual space.

Stroke Order

tíng
chē
wèi