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Chinese symbol for “tarmac”

停机坪
tíng jī píng
Traditional: 停機坪
aircraft parking ground; apron; tarmac (at airport)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for tarmac is 停机坪 (tíng jī píng), defined as: aircraft parking ground; apron; tarmac (at airport).

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

停 tíng
to suspend, to halt, to delay; suitable
radical 9 ⼈ · 11 strokes
机 jī
desk; machine; moment, opportunity
radical 75 ⽊ · 6 strokes
坪 píng
plain; level ground
radical 32 ⼟ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 停机坪.

WordPinyinMeaning
停止tíng zhǐto stop; to halt; to cease
不停bù tíngincessant
暂停 (暫停)zàn tíngto suspend; time-out (e.g. in sports)
停留tíng liúto stay for a time; to stop; to remain; to remain (at a stage, level etc)
停车 (停車)tíng chēto pull up (stop one's vehicle); to park
停车场 (停車場)tíng chē chǎngparking lot; car park
机构 (機構)jī gòumechanism; structure
机会 (機會)jī huìopportunity; chance
草坪cǎo pínglawn

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.