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服装店 (fú zhuāng diàn) — clothing store

Definition

noun
clothing store
Measure word · 家

Examples

  • 服装店。
    Tā qù le fú zhuāng diàn mǎi qún zi.
    She went to the clothing store to buy a dress.
  • 服装店。
    Guǎi jiǎo de nà jiā fú zhuāng diàn zhèng zài dǎ zhé.
    The clothing store on the corner is having a sale.
  • 服装店。
    Zhè ge shāng chǎng lǐ yǒu hěn duō fú zhuāng diàn.
    There are many clothing stores in this mall.

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.

服装clothing
服fúclothing装zhuāngclothing/dress
联合Coordinate
店diànshop

“服” and “装” both relate to clothing, and “店” is a shop, so it names a clothing store.

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
凡凡fántray
Sound part声符shēngfú
𠬝
𠬝𠬝服fú
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

In 服, the part 𠬝 was the original picture for 'to subdue'; the added left part 凡, a tray, later changed shape.

Open 服 →

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 裝; 装 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
衣衣yīclothes
Sound part声符shēngfú
壯
壯zhuàng裝zhuāng
Same sound today

The traditional form 裝 pairs 衣 (clothes) with 壯 as a sound part; this story is about 裝, not the simplified 装.

Open 装 →

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
ClothingShopping & Errands

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