商店 shāngdiàn — shop, store

Meanings

1. 1

   shop, store

   A shop of any kind. Businesses take the measure word 家: 一家商店. Doing the shopping is 买东西.

   noun

Character breakdown

• 店

  diàn (fourth tone, falling)

  a shop, a store; an inn

  8 strokes⿸广占Radical 广

Example sentences

• 商店里有很多东西。/商店裡有很多東西。Shāngdiàn (first tone, high and level) lǐ (third tone, dipping) yǒu (third tone, dipping) hěn (third tone, dipping) duō (first tone, high and level) dōngxi. (first tone, high and level)···

  The shop has all sorts of things.

• 这个商店九点开。/這個商店九點開。Zhège (fourth tone, falling) shāngdiàn (first tone, high and level) jiǔ (third tone, dipping) diǎn (third tone, dipping) kāi. (first tone, high and level)···

  This shop opens at nine.

Similar words

Words containing 店

• 店diàn (fourth tone, falling)inn; old-style hotel
• 酒店jiǔ (third tone, dipping) diàn (fourth tone, falling)wine shop
• 饭店/飯店fàndiàn (fourth tone, falling)restaurant
• 书店/書店shū (first tone, high and level) diàn (fourth tone, falling)bookstore
• 药店/藥店yào (fourth tone, falling) diàn (fourth tone, falling)pharmacy
• 连锁店/連鎖店lián (second tone, rising) suǒ (third tone, dipping) diàn (fourth tone, falling)chain store
• 专卖店/專賣店zhuān (first tone, high and level) mài (fourth tone, falling) diàn (fourth tone, falling)specialty store
• 旅店lǚ (third tone, dipping) diàn (fourth tone, falling)inn
• 便利店biàn (fourth tone, falling) lì (fourth tone, falling) diàn (fourth tone, falling)convenience store