How to Say ‘Two hours of free parking’ in Simplified Chinese
免两个小时的停车费
miǎn liǎng gè xiǎo shí de tíng chē fèi
[miǎn lyahng guh xiǎoshí de tíngchēfèi]
💬 Usage Tip: 免 (miǎn) "waive, exempt" goes directly before the fee it cancels: 免服务费 "no service charge".
Phrase Breakdown
免两个小时的
miǎn liǎng gè xiǎo shí de
waive two hours' (worth of)
免 (miǎn) means to exempt or waive. 的 (de) links the time to the noun that follows. Note the third tones in 免 and 两. When two third tones meet, the first one sounds like a rising tone.
可以免两个小时的费用。
Two hours of fees can be waived.
Words in this phrase
免
miǎn
[miǎn]
to exempt; free of
To waive a charge.
今天免门票。
Admission is free today.
两
liǎng
[lyahng]
two
The form 两 is used before measure words, as in 两个 meaning two of something.
我最近在比较两个工作机会。
I’ve recently been comparing two job opportunities.
个
gè
[guh]
general measure word
A very common measure word used with many nouns.
一个人来了。
One person came.
小时
xiǎo shí
[xiǎoshí]
hour
A unit of time of sixty minutes.
我睡了八个小时。
I slept for eight hours.
的
de
[de]
of
Expressing the relationship between items.
这是我的书。
This is my book.
停车费
tíng chē fèi
[tíngchēfèi]
parking fee
Money paid for parking a vehicle.
停车费一小时十块。
The parking fee is 10 yuan per hour.
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