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快餐店 (kuài cān diàn) — fast food restaurant; fast food shop

Definition

noun
fast food restaurantfast food shop
Measure word · 家

Examples

  • 快餐店。
    Wǒ jīng cháng qù nà jiā kuài cān diàn chī wǔ fàn.
    I often go to that fast food restaurant for lunch.
  • 快餐店。
    Zhè jiā kuài cān diàn de hàn bǎo hěn hǎo chī.
    The hamburgers at this fast food shop are delicious.
  • 快餐店。
    Xué xiào páng biān yǒu yì jiā kuài cān diàn.
    There is a fast food restaurant next to the school.

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.

快餐fast food
快kuàifast餐cānmeal
偏正Modifier + head
店diànshop

快餐 (fast meal) and 店 (shop) together mean a fast food restaurant.

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
忄Written in full as心xīn
Sound part声符shēngfú
夬
夬guài快kuài
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

快 pairs the left part 忄 (full form 心, the heart) with the right part 夬, which gives the sound.

Open 快 →

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
食食shíto eat; meal; food
Sound part声符shēngfú
𣦼
𣦼𣦼餐cān
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

餐 combines 食, meaning food or eating, with 𣦼 as the sound part; it originally meant “to swallow.”

Open 餐 →

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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Dining & Restaurants

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