专营店 (zhuān yíng diàn) — specialty store (authorized to sell a specific brand or product line); franchised store

Definition

A store authorized to sell one specific brand or product line, not a general retailer. The brand backing guarantees authenticity — what distinguishes it from a plain 商店 is the exclusive single-brand focus.

noun
specialty store (authorized to sell a specific brand or product line)franchised store
Measure word · 家

Examples

  • 专营店。
    Zhè jiā zhuān yíng diàn zhī mài yí gè pái zi de shǒu jī.
    This specialty store only sells one brand of phones.
  • 专营店。
    Tā zài chéng lǐ kāi le yì jiā pǐn pái zhuān yíng diàn.
    He opened a brand store in the city.
  • 专营店。
    Zhè jiā zhuān yíng diàn de chǎn pǐn zhì liàng yǒu bǎo zhèng.
    The product quality at this authorized store is guaranteed.

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.

专营exclusive operation
专zhuānexclusively营yíngoperate
偏正Modifier + head
店diànshop

专营 (exclusive operation) and 店 (shop) describe a store authorized for a brand or product.

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 專; 专 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 專 shows 又, a hand, turning 叀, a spindle; this came to mean gathering several things into one.

Open 专 →

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 營; 营 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
宮宮gōngpalace
Sound part声符shēngfú
熒
熒yíng營yíng
Same sound today

The traditional form 營 pairs 宮 (palace) with 熒 as a sound part, depicting a person working all night with a light on his house; the simplified 营 is a later abbreviation.

Open 营 →

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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