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时装店 (shí zhuāng diàn) — boutique (fashion clothing store)

Definition

noun
boutique (fashion clothing store)
Measure word · 家

Examples

  • 时装店。
    Zhè jiā shí zhuāng diàn de yī fu shè jì dé hěn dú tè.
    The clothes at this boutique are very uniquely designed.
  • 时装店。
    Tā xǐ huan guàng shì zhōng xīn de nà jǐ jiā shí zhuāng diàn.
    She likes to browse those boutiques in the city center.
  • 时装店。
    Zhè jiā shí zhuāng diàn zhǔ yào mài ōu zhōu jìn kǒu de shí zhuāng.
    This boutique mainly sells imported European fashion.

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.

时装fashion clothing
时shítime装zhuāngclothing
偏正Modifier + head
店diànshop

时装 means fashionable clothing and 店 means shop, so the name is for a store selling fashion clothes.

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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 時; 时 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
日日rìsun; day
Sound part声符shēngfú
之
之zhī時shí
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 時 pairs 日 (sun/day) with 之 as the part that gives the sound; the simplified 时 is not the form described.

Open 时 →

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 裝; 装 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
衣衣yīclothes
Sound part声符shēngfú
壯
壯zhuàng裝zhuāng
Same sound today

The traditional form 裝 pairs 衣 (clothes) with 壯 as a sound part; this story is about 裝, not the simplified 装.

Open 装 →

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 →
Appears in
ClothingShopping & Errands

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