门店 (mén diàn) — retail store, outlet (especially of a chain)

Definition

noun

retail storeoutlet (especially of a chain)

Measure word · 家

门店。
Zhè jiā mén diàn shēng yì hěn hǎo.
This retail store has great business.
。
Tā men gōng sī zài quán guó yǒu wǔ bǎi jiā mén diàn.
Their company has five hundred outlets across the country.
门店。
Xīn mén diàn míng tiān kāi yè.
The new store opens tomorrow.

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.

门 is the door or storefront, and 店 is the shop, giving a physical retail outlet.

Characters in this word

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 門; 门 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 門 pictures a gate as two door shapes side by side; the simplified 门 is a later shorthand.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

广占店

Meaning part形符xíngfú

广广guǎnghouse built to depend on a cliff

Sound part声符shēngfú

占

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.