便利店 (biàn lì diàn) — convenience store

Definition

noun

convenience store

Measure word · 家

便利店。
Wǒ qù biàn lì diàn mǎi le yí gè miàn bāo.
I went to the convenience store and bought a loaf of bread.
便利店。
Xué xiào páng biān nà jiā biàn lì diàn pián yi yòu fāng biàn.
That convenience store next to the school is cheap and convenient.
便利店。
biàn lì diàn Lǐ yǒu yǐn liào hé líng shí.
The convenience store has drinks and snacks.

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.

便利convenient

联合Coordinate

The first two parts mean convenient and easy, and the last means shop, so together they mean a convenience store.

Characters in this word

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

亻更便

便 pairs 亻 (person) with 更 (to change), showing a person changing posture to become comfortable.

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

利 combines 禾 (grain) and 刀 (knife), showing a knife used to cut grain.

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

广占店

Meaning part形符xíngfú

广广guǎnghouse built to depend on a cliff

Sound part声符shēngfú

占

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.

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