Word

店 (diàn) — Chinese word meaning

HSK 1

Meaning of 店

名 míng noun

store

这家店很有名。

zhè jiā diàn hěn yǒu míng

This store is very famous.

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Word breakdown

店 diàn — store

1 书店 shū diàn — bookstore HSK 1
- 书 book
- 店 shop, store
Example

我经常去那家书店买书。

wǒ jīng cháng qù nà jiā shū diàn mǎi shū

I often go to that bookstore to buy books.
2 商店 shāng diàn — store HSK 1
- 商 commerce, business
- 店 shop, store
Example

我去商店买东西。

wǒ qù shāng diàn mǎi dōng xi

I go to the store to buy things.
3 饭店 fàn diàn — restaurant HSK 1
- 饭 meal, food, dining
- 店 shop, store, establishment
Example

这家饭店的菜很好吃。

zhè jiā fàn diàn de cài hěn hǎo chī

The food at this restaurant is very delicious.
4 药店 yào diàn — pharmacy HSK 2
- 药 medicine, drug
- 店 shop, store
Example

我需要去药店买药。

wǒ xū yào qù yào diàn mǎi yào

I need to go to the pharmacy to buy medicine.
5 酒店 jiǔ diàn — hotel HSK 2
- 酒 historically refers to wine/alcohol; in modern compound contributes to hospitality establishment
- 店 shop, establishment; contributes the meaning of a commercial place
Example

我住在市中心的酒店。

wǒ zhù zài shì zhōng xīn de jiǔ diàn

I'm staying at a hotel in the city center.

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6 便利店 biàn lì diàn — convenience store HSK 5
- 便 convenient, easy
- 利 benefit, advantage (forms 'convenience' with 便)
- 店 store, shop
Example

我去便利店买点东西。

wǒ qù biàn lì diàn mǎi diǎn dōng xi

I'm going to the convenience store to buy some things.
7 店铺 diàn pù — shop HSK 6
- 店 shop, store - the primary component indicating a commercial establishment
- 铺 shop, establishment - reinforces the meaning of a physical commercial space
Example

他在市中心开了一家店铺。

tā zài shì zhōng xīn kāi le yì jiā diàn pù

He opened a shop in the city center.

Structure & writing

1 店 diàn — shop; store

店 is a component in 1 characters

HSK 7

惦 diàn to keep thinking about; to worry about

consists of

1.1 广 guǎng — wide; broad (opposite of 狭)

广 is a component in 31 characters

HSK 1

床 chuáng bed (furniture for sleeping) 店 diàn shop; store

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应 yìng to reply; to answer 康 kāng healthy 矿 kuàng mineral resources

HSK 4

庆 qìng to congratulate; to celebrate 序 xù order; sequence 底 dǐ the bottom part (～子, ～儿) 度 dù instrument or unit for measuring length 座 zuò seat; honorific term for a high-ranking official in former times

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庭 tíng hall; main room of a house 麻 má herbaceous plant of the hemp family (e.g. cannabis, ramie, abutilon, flax); stem-bark fiber used to make rope and cloth

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席 xí mat woven from reed, bamboo, or grass strips, used to cover a bed, floor, or build a shelter 库 kù storehouse; warehouse; storage facility 府 fǔ government office; organ of state power 扩 kuò to expand, enlarge; to increase in scope, scale, or quantity 腐 fǔ to rot; to decay

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庄 zhuāng village; rural settlement 庞 páng large (in size or quantity) 廊 láng covered corridor or passageway under eaves

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唐 táng boastful; exaggerated (in speech) 庇 bì to shelter, to shield 庙 miào ancestral shrine (where ancestral tablets are enshrined) 废 fèi to discontinue; to stop using 庸 yōng ordinary; mediocre

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廉 lián upright and honest; incorruptible 廓 kuò outer edge or contour of an object 旷 kuàng empty and vast; open and spacious 缠 chán to wind around, to wrap around 遮 zhē to block from view; to obscure 鹰 yīng hawk; eagle (a bird of prey with hooked beak, short neck, feathered legs, and sharp talons)

1.2 占 zhàn — to occupy; to seize

Xpinyin

占 is a component in 10 characters

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店 diàn shop; store 点 diǎn a small drop of liquid; droplet

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站 zhàn to stand upright with feet on the ground

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战 zhàn war; battle; combat 贴 tiē to paste, to stick (a thin flat object onto something)

HSK 6

粘 zhān to stick together or adhere to something 钻 zuān to drill or bore a hole by rotating a pointed object

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帖 tiě invitation card 沾 zhān to soak; to moisten 黏 nián sticky; adhesive (like paste or glue)

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