HSK 2 · Transport

停车场

tíng chē chǎng

parking lot

Stroke order of 停车场

3 characters, 21 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

停 · 11 strokes 车 · 4 strokes 场 · 6 strokes

Memory trick

停车 means halt the cart, and 场 has 土 earth with a sunlit stretch: an open ground for parked carts.

Parts: 停 stop + 车 vehicle + 场 place

The characters in 停车场

停 tíng — to stop (11 strokes)
车 chē — vehicle; car (4 strokes)
场 chǎng — measure word for games, shows (6 strokes)

Example sentence

停车场里还有空位吗？

Are there any free spaces in the parking lot?

Words with 停

停车to park; to stop 停to stop 停止to stop

Words with 车

车vehicle; car 汽车car 火车train 开车to drive 打车to take a taxi 上车to get on (a vehicle)下车to get off (a vehicle)车票bus/train ticket 车站station; bus stop 车上in the car; on the bus 火车站train station 车辆vehicle 公共汽车bus 公交车bus 出租车taxi 自行车bicycle 骑车to ride a bike 停车to park; to stop

Words with 场

商场shopping mall 机场airport 广场square; plaza 体育场stadium 球场court; field 场measure word for games, shows 市场market 场所place; venue 全场the whole audience 剧场theater 现场scene; on the spot 场合occasion

More words: Transport

车辆vehicle 船boat; ship 地铁subway 地铁站subway station 公共汽车bus 公交车bus 出租to rent out 出租车taxi 自行车bicycle 骑to ride 骑车to ride a bike 停车to park; to stop 交通traffic; transport

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