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How do you say "parking meter" in Chinese?
停车计时器
tíng chē jì shí qì
In Chinese, "parking meter" is 停车计时器.
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Pronunciation
TING CHE JI SHI QI. Ting is flat, che is flat, ji is flat, shi is flat, qi is flat. Five level tones.
Writing and usage
Five characters: 停 (ting) means to stop or park, 车 (che) means car, 计 (ji) means to meter or measure, 时 (shi) means time, 器 (qi) means device.
Example sentence
停车计时器显示时间。
The parking meter shows the time.
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How to remember 停车计时器
Car park time meter device. This describes exactly what a parking meter is: a device that measures parking time.
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Questions about 停车计时器
How do you say "parking meter" in Chinese?
In Chinese, "parking meter" is 停车计时器. It is a noun.
How is 停车计时器 written in Chinese?
Five characters: 停 (ting) means to stop or park, 车 (che) means car, 计 (ji) means to meter or measure, 时 (shi) means time, 器 (qi) means device.
How is 停车计时器 used in a sentence?
Use 停车计时器 as you would use the equivalent noun in English. For example: 停车计时器显示时间。 (The parking meter shows the time.).
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"Parking meter" in other languages
- Japanese パーキングメーター (pākingumētā)
- Korean 주차요금 징수기 (juchayogeum jingsugi)
- Spanish el parquímetro
- Spanish (Latin America) parquímetro
- French le parcmètre
- German die Parkuhr
- Italian il parchimetro
- Russian парковочный счётчик (parkovočnyj sčëtčik)
- Greek παρκόμετρο (parkometro)
- Arabic عداد جراج عربيان (eadaad jaraaj earabiaan)
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