商店 (shāngdiàn) — shop, store

商店 (shāngdiàn)

A shop or store where goods are sold to customers. This word refers to any general retail establishment.

Meanings

1. [noun] Shop, store. A place where goods are sold commercially.

Example Sentences

商店几点开门？ Shāngdiàn jǐ diǎn kāimén? What time does the shop open?

这个商店很大。 Zhège shāngdiàn hěn dà. This store is very large.

我在商店买了水。 Wǒ zài shāngdiàn mǎile shuǐ. I bought water at the store.

商店里有很多东西。 Shāngdiàn lǐ yǒu hěn duō dōngxi. There are many things in the store.

Collocations

Memory Hook

商 means "commerce" or "trade," and 店 means "shop" or "establishment." Together they form the word for any trading shop. Think of 商 as the business side and 店 as the physical place.