停放 (tíng fàng) — to park (a vehicle); to moor (a boat) | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

停放 means 'to park / to moor' — it pairs with a location or vehicle as object, emphasizing leaving the vehicle there. Use 停车 when simply stopping the car, and 停泊 for ships/boats in a more formal register.

verb

to park (a vehicle)to moor (a boat)

Examples

停放？
Zhè fù jìn nǎ lǐ kě yǐ tíng fàng chē?
Where can I park nearby?
停放。
Mǎ tou páng biān tíng fàng zhe hǎo jǐ sōu yú chuán.
Several fishing boats are moored by the dock.
停放。
Zhè lǐ bù néng tíng fàng mó tuō chē.
You cannot park a motorcycle here.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

停 means stop and 放 means put; the word combines the two actions for parking.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

亻亭停

Meaning part形符xíngfú

亻Written in full as人rén

Sound part声符shēngfú

亭

亭tíng停tíng

Same sound today

The left side 亻 is a person, and the right side 亭 gives the sound tíng; this forms 停.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

方攵放

Meaning part形符xíngfú

攵Written in full as攴pūhand, action

Sound part声符shēngfú

方

方fāng放fàng

Same sound today

放 uses 方 for its sound and 攵, a hand/action part, to mark an action of release.

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