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糖果店 (táng guǒ diàn) — sweet shop, candy store, confectionery

Definition

noun
sweet shopcandy storeconfectionery
Measure word · 家

Examples

  • 糖果店。
    Wǒ xiǎo shí hou zuì xǐ huan qù nà jiā táng guǒ diàn mǎi táng.
    When I was little, I loved going to that candy store to buy sweets.
  • 糖果店。
    Zhè jiā táng guǒ diàn de táng guǒ zhǒng lèi hěn duō.
    This candy store has a wide variety of sweets.
  • 糖果店。
    Tā zài yì jiā táng guǒ diàn gōng zuò.
    She works at a candy store.

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.

糖果candy
糖tángsugar果guǒfruit
偏正Modifier + head
店diànshop

糖果 names candy, and 店 names a shop, so the word means a shop selling sweets.

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
米米mǐrice
Sound part声符shēngfú
唐
唐táng糖
Same sound today

糖 is made from 米 (rice) and 唐, which gives the sound táng.

Open 糖 →

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

果 originally drew fruits hanging on a tree.

Open 果 →

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
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