店 (diàn): shop
店 (diàn) is a Chinese character meaning “shop.” Classified as HSK Level 2 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 广 (semantic) and 占 (phonetic). It ranks #1040 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 店 building. Its radical form 广 (shelter) appears in many related characters such as 床 (chuáng, bed), 广 (guǎng, wide, broad), 应 (yīng, should, to respond).
Definitions
- shop
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 店
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | HSK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 酒店noun | jiǔ diàn | wine shop | 2 |
| 商店noun | shāng diàn | store | 1 |
| 书店noun | shū diàn | bookstore | 1 |
| 药店noun | yào diàn | pharmacy | 2 |
| 店铺noun | diàn pù | store | 6 |
| 便利店noun | biàn lì diàn | convenience store | 5 |
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 饭店noun | fàn diàn | restaurant |
| 咖啡店noun | kā fēi diàn | café |
| 旅店noun | lǚ diàn | inn |
| 杂货店noun | zá huò diàn | grocery store |
| 店主noun | diàn zhǔ | shop owner |
| 店员noun | diàn yuán | shop assistant |
| 理发店noun | lǐ fà diàn | barbershop |
| 洗衣店noun | xǐ yī diàn | laundry (commercial establishment) |
| 面包店noun | miàn bāo diàn | bakery |
| 连锁店noun | lián suǒ diàn | chain store |
| 花店noun | huā diàn | flower shop |
| 快餐店noun | kuài cān diàn | fast food shop |
| 五金店noun | wǔ jīn diàn | hardware store |
| 专卖店noun | zhuān mài diàn | specialty store |
| 分店noun | fēn diàn | branch (of a chain store) |
店 appears in 100 compound words: 10 as the first character, 81 as the last, and 9 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 店 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (4)
Example Sentences
这家店的生意很好，每天都有很多顾客。
Zhè jiā diàn de shēngyì hěn hǎo, měitiān dōu yǒu hěn duō gùkè.
This shop does very good business; there are many customers every day.
眼镜店老板:钦佩神韵揭露迫害的勇气和智慧
yǎn jìng diàn lǎo bǎn : qīn pèi shén yùn jiē lù pò hài de yǒng qì hé zhì huì
Optical shop owner: Admire Shen Yun's courage and wisdom in exposing persecution
超商换冰拿铁“店员跳针狂问2字”真相曝
chāo shāng huàn bīng ná tiě diàn yuán tiào zhēn kuáng wèn 2 zì zhēn xiāng pù
The truth of the supermarket changing ice latte "the clerk jumped the needle and asked 2 words" was exposed
线下门店排长队 线上订单早高峰 京东七鲜春节双线...
xiàn xià mén diàn pái cháng duì xiàn shàng dìng dān zǎo gāo fēng jīng dōng qī xiān chūn jié shuāng xiàn . . .
Long queues in offline stores, early peak of online orders, JD Qixian Spring Festival double line...
AI+玩具引领消费风潮,成都有店铺多次补货仍供不应..
A I wán jù yǐn lǐng xiāo fèi fēng cháo , chéng dōu yǒu diàn pù duō cì bǔ huò réng gōng bù yīng . .
AI+ toys lead the consumption trend, and Chengdu stores have replenished many times but are still in short supply:
新华视点|福建:实体书店变身“文化会客厅” 全民阅..
xīn huá shì diǎn fú jiàn shí tī shū diàn biàn shēn wén huā huì kè tīng quán mín yuè . .
Xinhua Insight | Fujian: Brick-and-Mortar Bookstores Transform into "Cultural Living Rooms," Promoting Reading for All
城里最好的是哪间酒店？
Chéng lǐ zuì hǎo de shì nǎ jiān jiǔdiàn?
Which is the best hotel in the town?
请问新桥饭店离这儿远不远？
Qǐngwèn xīn qiáo fàndiàn lí zhèr yuǎn bù yuǎn?
Excuse me, is Xinqiao Restaurant far from here?
那家店卖笔记本吗？
Nà jiā diàn mài bǐjìběn ma?
Do they sell notebooks at that store?
请问，这款你们店里有吗？
Qǐngwèn, zhè kuǎn nǐmen diàn lǐ yǒu ma?
Excuse me, do you have any of these in your store?
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 广 (building) component
广 Radical Family — Characters sharing the shelter radical
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