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珠宝店 (zhū bǎo diàn) — jewelry store

Definition

noun
jewelry store
Measure word · 家

Examples

  • 珠宝店。
    Zhè jiā zhū bǎo diàn de shēng yì hěn hǎo.
    This jewelry store's business is very good.
  • 珠宝店。
    Tā zài nà jiā zhū bǎo diàn mǎi le yì tiáo xiàng liàn.
    She bought a necklace at that jewelry store.
  • 珠宝店。
    Shì zhōng xīn xīn kāi le yì jiā zhū bǎo diàn.
    A new jewelry store opened in the city center.

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.

珠宝jewelry
珠zhūpearl宝bǎotreasure
联合Coordinate
店diànshop

Pearls and treasures sold in a shop give the sense of a jewelry store.

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
𤣩Written in full as玉yùjade
Sound part声符shēngfú
朱
朱zhū珠zhū
Same sound today

The left side 𤣩, a form of 玉, connects the character to jade, while the right side 朱 gives the sound.

Open 珠 →

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 寶; 宝 is its simplified writing.

  • 宀宀miánhouse
  • 琡琡chùjade
  • 貝貝bèicowry

The traditional form 寶 shows 宀 (house), 琡 (jade), and 貝 (cowry), drawn together as treasures in a house.

Open 宝 →

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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