收费停车位怎么说

What does “收费” (shōufèi) mean in Chinese?

收费 (shōufèi) means to charge a fee or to be paid. It splits cleanly into 收 (shōu, “to collect”) and 费 (fèi, “fee/expense”). The clip uses it in 收费停车位 — a paid parking space — but the pattern travels far beyond parking: 免费 (miǎnfèi) means “free of charge” and 收费站 (shōufèi zhàn) is a toll booth. Spotting 费 in a word tells you money is involved.

The transcript explains that white lines on a road mark 停车位 (tíngchēwèi, “parking spaces”), and that these particular ones are 收费的 — meaning you must pay. The opposite, 免费停车位 (miǎnfèi tíngchēwèi), is a free parking space. Once you know 费 signals cost, you can decode dozens of signs: 水费 (shuǐfèi, water bill), 电费 (diànfèi, electricity bill), 学费 (xuéfèi, tuition). The 收… 费 pattern works like a charging skeleton you slot nouns into.