面包店 (miàn bāo diàn) — bakery | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

bakery

Measure word · 家

Examples

面包店。
Zhè jiā miàn bāo diàn de miàn bāo fēi cháng xīn xiān.
The bread at this bakery is very fresh.
面包店。
Wǒ měi tiān zǎo shàng dōu qù lóu xià de miàn bāo diàn mǎi zǎo cān.
Every morning I go to the bakery downstairs to buy breakfast.
面包店，。
Zhè tiáo jiē shàng xīn kāi le yì jiā miàn bāo diàn, shēng yì hěn hǎo.
A new bakery opened on this street, and business is good.

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.

面包bread

面miànflour包bāobun

偏正Modifier + head

面包店 is a 店, shop, for 面包, bread.

Characters in this word

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

面 originally drew a man’s face, with one eye exaggerated; the horizontal stroke was added later.

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

The shape of 包 pictures a fetus in a womb, or a baby wrapped in cloth.

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

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.

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