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
店铺
diànpù
shop, store
Characters in this word
铺 pū
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 钅 — gold, metal
- Made of
- 钅 gold, metal 甫 to begin
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 这条街上的老店铺虽然面积不大，却保留着本地人的生活记忆。 Zhè tiáo jiē shàng de lǎo diànpù suīrán miànjī bú dà, què bǎoliúzhe běndì rén de shēnghuó jìyì. Although the old shops on this street are not large, they preserve the local people's memories of everyday life.
- 她打算下个月在市中心开一家小店铺。 Tā dǎsuàn xià ge yuè zài shìzhōngxīn kāi yì jiā xiǎo diànpù. She plans to open a small shop in the city centre next month.
- 这家店铺卖的都是手工做的东西。 Zhè jiā diànpù mài de dōu shì shǒugōng zuò de dōngxi. Everything this shop sells is handmade.