加盟店 (jiā méng diàn) — franchise store, affiliated shop

Definition

A store that operates under another company's brand and business system, paying a fee for the right. The contrast is with 直营店, which the same company owns and runs directly.

noun
franchise storeaffiliated shop
Measure word · 家

Examples

  • 加盟店。
    Zhè jiā jiā méng diàn shì qù nián kāi de.
    This franchise store opened last year.
  • 。
    Hěn duō guó jì pǐn pái zài zhōng guó dōu yǒu jiā méng diàn.
    Many international brands have franchise stores in China.
  • 加盟店。
    Zhè jiā jiā méng diàn de shēng yì bǐ zhí yíng diàn hǎo.
    This franchise store's business is better than the company-owned store's.

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.

加盟join an alliance
加jiājoin盟méngalliance
动宾Verb + object
店diànshop

加盟 means joining an alliance and 店 is a shop, so a franchise shop is one that has joined such a network.

Characters in this word

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

加 pairs 力 and 口. In one explanation 力 is strength and 口 is the mouth, meaning exaggeration; in another 力 is plowing effort and 口 is breath or exclamation, meaning extra effort.

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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
囧囧jiǒng
Sound part声符shēngfú
皿
皿mǐn盟méng
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

盟 pairs 囧 with 皿, and 皿 gives the sound.

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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.

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