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连锁店 (lián suǒ diàn) — chain store

Definition

noun
chain store
Measure word · 家

Examples

  • 连锁店。
    Zhè jiā lián suǒ diàn zài quán guó yǒu wǔ bǎi duō jiā fēn diàn.
    This chain store has more than five hundred branches across the country.
  • 连锁店。
    Tā xǐ huan qù dà chāo shì hé lián suǒ diàn gòu wù.
    She likes to shop at big supermarkets and chain stores.
  • 连锁店。
    Kāi yì jiā lián suǒ diàn xū yào tóu rù bù shǎo zī jīn.
    Opening a chain store requires investing quite a bit of capital.

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.

连锁chain/linked
连liánlinked锁suǒchain
偏正Modifier + head
店diànstore

连锁店 is a 店, store, of 连锁, meaning chain or linked.

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 連; 连 is its simplified writing.

  • 辶辵chuòto walk
  • 車車jūchariot

The traditional form 連 joins 辶 (walk) and 車 (chariot) to show a man-drawn carriage; this note is about 連, not the simplified 连.

Open 连 →

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 鎖; 锁 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
金金jīnmetal
Sound part声符shēngfú
𧴪
𧴪𧴪鎖suǒ
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 鎖 pairs 金 (metal) with a sound component, 𧴪; the simplified 锁 is a shorthand, and its parts are not the original parts.

Open 锁 →

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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