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停车费 (tíng chē fèi) — parking fee

Definition

noun
parking fee

Examples

  • 停车费。
    Zhè lǐ de tíng chē fèi tài guì le.
    The parking fee here is too expensive.
  • 停车费？
    Nǐ fù le tíng chē fèi ma?
    Did you pay the parking fee?
  • 停车费。
    Měi gè xiǎo shí tíng chē fèi shì shí kuài qián.
    The parking fee is ten yuan per hour.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

停车stop a vehicle
停tíngstop车chēvehicle
动宾Verb + object
费fèifee

停车 'stop a vehicle' and 费 'fee' together mean a fee 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.

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.

Open 停 →

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 車; 车 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 車 was drawn as a carriage seen from above, with wheels on both sides and a shaft at the front; the simplified 车 is a later shorthand.

Open 车 →

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 費; 费 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
貝貝bèicowry
Sound part声符shēngfú
弗
弗fú費fèi
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 費 has 貝, a cowry shell, and 弗, which gives a sound; the simplified 费 is a shorthand, and its parts are not the original pieces.

Open 费 →
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