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分店 (fēn diàn) — branch (of a store or restaurant)

Definition

A branch location of a store or restaurant chain, paired with 总店 ('main store / flagship') as the original location. 连锁 (chain) describes the whole network, while 分店 is one individual branch within it.

noun
branch (of a store or restaurant)
Measure word · 家

Examples

  • 分店。
    Zhè jiā gōng sī zài quán guó yǒu wǔ shí duō jiā fēn diàn.
    This company has more than fifty branches across the country.
  • 分店。
    Xīn kāi de fēn diàn jiù zài wǒ jiā fù jìn.
    The newly opened branch is right near my home.
  • 分店。
    Zǒng diàn hé fēn diàn de cài dān shì yí yàng de.
    The menu at the head store and the branch is the same.

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.

分fēnbranch
店diànshop

分 indicates a separated branch, 店 is shop; together they mean a branch store.

Characters in this word

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

分 pairs 八 (to separate) with 刀 (knife), showing something cut apart with a knife.

Open 分 →

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 →
Appears in
Business & Commerce

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