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修理店 (xiū lǐ diàn) — repair shop

Definition

noun
repair shop
Measure word · 家

Examples

  • ，修理店。
    Wǒ de zì xíng chē huài le, wǒ bǎ chē sòng dào fù jìn de xiū lǐ diàn.
    My bike broke down, so I took it to a nearby repair shop.
  • 修理店，。
    Zhè jiā xiū lǐ diàn de shǒu yì hěn hǎo, hěn duō rén dōu lái zhè lǐ xiū dōng xī.
    This repair shop does good work; many people come here to get things fixed.
  • 修理店，。
    Fù jìn de xiū lǐ diàn guān mén le, wǒ dé qù yuǎn yì diǎn de dì fāng.
    The nearby repair shop is closed, so I have to go to a farther one.

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.

修理repair
修xiūrepair理lǐstraighten
联合Coordinate
店diànshop

修理 denotes repairing, and 店 denotes a shop; together they mean a place for repairs.

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
彡彡shān
Sound part声符shēngfú
攸
攸yōu修xiū
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

修 is built from 攸, which gives the sound, and 彡, a set of three strokes that shows the meaning.

Open 修 →

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
玉玉yùjade
Sound part声符shēngfú
里
里lǐ理lǐ
Same sound today

理 pairs 玉 (jade) with 里, which shows how to say it; the jade part points to the old sense of polishing jade.

Open 理 →

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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