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How to Say ‘Parking spaces are pretty tight on weekends.’ in Simplified Chinese

周末车位比较紧张。

zhōu mò chē wèi bǐ jiào jǐn zhāng

[zhōumò chēwèi bǐjiào jǐnzhāng]

Phrase Breakdown

周末车位

zhōu mò chē wèi

parking spaces on weekends

周末 (zhōumò) means 'weekend'. It comes before 车位 (chēwèi), 'parking spaces', to set the time.

Example

周末车位很难找。

Parking spaces are hard to find on weekends.

Words in this phrase

周末

zhōu mò

[zhōumò]

weekend

Saturday and Sunday.

Example

周末你有空吗?

Are you free on the weekend?

车位

chē wèi

[chēwèi]

parking space

A spot where one car can park.

Example

这里还有一个车位。

There is still one parking space here.

比较紧张。

bǐ jiào jǐn zhāng

are rather tight

比较 (bǐjiào) means 'rather', and 紧张 (jǐnzhāng) means 'tight' or 'in short supply'.

Example

最近时间比较紧张。

Time is rather tight lately.

Words in this phrase

比较

bǐ jiào

[bǐjiào]

relatively; fairly

Adverb meaning to a certain degree.

Example

今天比较冷。

It's fairly cold today.

紧张

jǐn zhāng

[jǐnzhāng]

in short supply; tight

Describes resources that are scarce or hard to get.

Example

假期火车票很紧张。

Train tickets are in short supply during holidays.

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