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专卖店 (zhuān mài diàn) — exclusive store (for a single brand); brand flagship store

Definition

A store that sells products from only ONE brand (e.g. an Apple or Nike store). Differs from 商场 (a general shopping mall) by stocking a single label.

noun
exclusive store (for a single brand)brand flagship store
Measure word · 家

Examples

  • 专卖店。
    Zhè jiā zhuān mài diàn zhī mài yí gè pǐn pái de yī fu.
    This exclusive store only sells clothes from one brand.
  • 专卖店。
    Wǒ xiǎng qù nà jiā zhuān mài diàn kàn kàn xīn chū de shǒu jī.
    I want to go to that brand store to see the newly released phone.
  • 专卖店，。
    Zhè tiáo jiē shàng yǒu hǎo jǐ jiā zhuān mài diàn, mài de dōu shì míng pái.
    There are several exclusive stores on this street, all selling famous brands.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

专卖exclusive selling
专zhuānexclusive卖màisell
偏正Modifier + head
店diànstore

专卖店 joins 专 (exclusive), 卖 (selling), and 店 (store) to mean a store selling a specific brand or product.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 專; 专 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 專 shows 又, a hand, turning 叀, a spindle; this came to mean gathering several things into one.

Open 专 →

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 賣; 卖 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 賣 came from an older shape that joined 出 (go out) with 買 (buy), which gives the sound. The simplified 卖 is a later shorthand, so its parts are not the historical ones.

Open 卖 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
广广guǎnghouse built to depend on a cliff
Sound part声符shēngfú
占
占zhàn店diàn
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

店 shows 广, a house built to depend on a cliff, and 占, which gives the sound.

Open 店 →
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