店 (diàn) — shop; store
Definition
Short, everyday word for a 'shop' or 'store' — shorter and more spoken than 商店. Often used in names (书店) and on its own for small shops.
noun
shopstore
Measure word · 家
Examples
- 店。Zhè ge diàn hěn dà.This shop is very big.
- 店。Wǒ qù nà ge diàn mǎi dōng xī.I go to that shop to buy things.
- 店。Zhè lǐ yǒu yí gè diàn.There is a shop here.
Origin
Sound + meaning六书liùshū
形声xíngshēngMost characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.
店 shows 广, a house built to depend on a cliff, and 占, which gives the sound.
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