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店名 (diàn míng) — name of a shop

Definition

noun
name of a shop

Examples

  • 店名。
    Nà jiā diàn de diàn míng hěn yǒu tè sè.
    The name of that shop is very distinctive.
  • 店名？
    Nǐ zhī dào zhè jiā kā fēi diàn de diàn míng ma?
    Do you know the name of this coffee shop?
  • 店名。
    Wǒ men xiǎng zhǎo yí gè hǎo tīng de diàn míng lái xī yǐn gù kè.
    We want to find a nice-sounding shop name to attract customers.

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.

店diànshop
名míngname

店 (shop) and 名 (name) combine to mean the name of a shop.

Characters in this word

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 →

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

名 puts 夕 (crescent moon) above 口 (mouth), showing a name spoken in the dark.

Open 名 →
Appears in
Business & Commerce

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