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The word 停车 is formed through the direct semantic combination of its two constituent characters: 停 (tíng), which means "to stop" or "to halt", and 车 (chē), which means "vehicle" or "car". It is a verb-object compound where the first character denotes an action and the second character specifies the object of that action. By fusing these concepts, the compound naturally and logically generates the meaning of "to stop a vehicle", which is understood in practice as "to park". The formation is purely conceptual, building a new, specific idea from two fundamental, concrete meanings.

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他把车停在路边。

Tā bǎ chē tíng zài lù biān.

He parked the car by the roadside.

停车场里有很多车。

Tíngchē chǎng lǐ yǒu hěn duō chē.

There are many cars in the parking lot.

我们停车休息一下。

Wǒmen tíngchē xiūxi yīxià.

We parked to rest for a while.

如果找不到停车位,我们就去别的地方。

Rúguǒ zhǎo bù dào tíngchē wèi, wǒmen jiù qù bié de dìfāng.

If we can't find a parking space, we'll go somewhere else.

在繁忙的市区停车常常需要耐心和技巧。

Zài fánmáng de shìqū tíngchē chángcháng xūyào nàixīn hé jìqiǎo.

Parking in busy urban areas often requires patience and skill.

Word Definition - 停车

tíng chē to pull up (stop one's vehicle); to park; (of a machine) to stop working; to stall

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