茶店 (chá diàn) — teahouse, tea shop

Definition

noun
teahousetea shop
Measure word · 家

Examples

  • 茶店。
    Zhè jiā chá diàn de chá yè hěn xīn xiān.
    The tea leaves at this tea shop are very fresh.
  • 茶店。
    Tā zài chá diàn lǐ mǎi le liǎng hé lóng jǐng.
    He bought two boxes of Longjing tea at the teahouse.
  • 茶店。
    Jiē jiǎo xīn kāi le yì jiā chá diàn.
    A new tea shop opened on the street corner.

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.

茶chátea
店diànshop

The tea 茶 and the shop 店 together mean a shop for tea.

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
艹Written in full as艸cǎo
Sound part声符shēngfú
余
余yú茶chá
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

In 茶, the 艹 part marks a plant, and the 余 part gives the sound.

Open 茶 →

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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