书 shū
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
书店
shūdiàn
bookstore
Characters in this word
店 diàn
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 广 — broad, vast, wide
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 我去书店买书。 Wǒ qù shūdiàn mǎi shū. I'm going to the bookstore to buy a book.
- 这个书店很大。 Zhège shūdiàn hěn dà. This bookstore is very big.
- 我们去书店吧。 Wǒmen qù shūdiàn ba. Let's go to the bookstore.
- 书店几点开门？ Shūdiàn jǐ diǎn kāimén? What time does the bookstore open?
- 放学后去书店。 Fàngxué hòu qù shūdiàn. Go to the bookstore after school.
- 书店里有学生。 Shūdiàn lǐ yǒu xuésheng. There are students in the bookstore.
- 这家书店不大。 Zhè jiā shūdiàn bú dà. This bookstore isn't very big.
- 请问，书店在哪儿？ Qǐngwèn, shūdiàn zài nǎr? Excuse me, where is the bookstore?
- 我在书店等你。 Wǒ zài shūdiàn děng nǐ. I'm waiting for you at the bookstore.
- 书店今天没开门。 Shūdiàn jīntiān méi kāimén. The bookstore isn't open today.