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Word and Radical Components of 商店

The Chinese word 商店 is analysed below into its constituent words and the words into radicals. By seeing the breakdown of the word in this way you can more easily learn and recognise the word.


Component Pinyin Meanings
商店 shāngdiàn 1. n. shop; store (establishment that sells goods)
     批發 商店 - wholesale shop
     便民 商店 - convenience store
      商店 xiāng 皮鞋 現貨。 - The store had quite an array of leather shoes in stock.

商店 ⇨ 商 + 店
Component Pinyin Meanings
shāng 1. trade; commerce; business
2. businessman; dealer; trader; merchant
3. (mathematics) quotient
     6 除以 2 3。 - The quotient of 6 divided by 2 is 3.
4. (music) the second note in the Chinese pentatonic scale
5. (zh-div, 朝) Shang Dynasty
6. to discuss; to consult
7. (zh-div, 宿) (Chinese astronomy) zh-altname, 心, Heart (Chinese constellation) mansion (one of the Twenty-Eight Mansions)
diàn 1. shop; store
      禮拜 外套。 - I got a new coat in that store last week.
      家具 挑選。 - That store has a good selection of furniture.
2. inn
     客店 - small hotel; inn
     旅店 - small hotel; inn
3. (used in place names)
     駐馬店 - Zhumadian

商 ⇨ 亠 + 丷 + 冏
Component Pinyin Meanings
tóu 1. lid
2. couvercle (Kangxi radical)
bā, dàobāzì 1. (Component variant of 八*.)
1. Variant of 囧
2. Variant of 坰

店 ⇨ 广 + 占
Component Pinyin Meanings
广 1. dotted cliff
2. Simplified form of 廣
3. Variant of 庵
zhān 1. to divine; to foretell
2. (obsolete) to watch or to peep
3. (Variant pronunciation of sense "to recount orally" below)
4. (Hokkien, Singapore Teochew) cent
zhàn 5. to recount orally
6. usage. Sources vary in the pronunciation of sense "to recount orally". Zhengzitong recorded a level tone, yet Zihui recorded a departing tone.
7. usage. The standard Mandarin pronunciation is zhàn in China Mainland and Taiwan.
8. (Cantonese) jam (type of fruit preserve)
9. Simplified form of 佔

丷 ⇨ 丶 + 丿
Component Pinyin Meanings
zhǔ 1. dot
2. (An ancient punctuation mark.)
3. Alternative form of 主 (-)
丿 piě 1. slash
2. left-falling stroke, usually read as 撇
3. (zh-hist-ghost) to arrive

冏 ⇨ 冂 + 儿 + 口
Component Pinyin Meanings
jiōng 1. down box
2. (obsolete) city outskirts; suburbs
1. legs
2. Simplified form of 兒
3. usage. May be used to specially write erhua (or the rhotic sound) in traditional Chinese, in contrast with child.
4. Variant of 人
kǒu 1. (anatomy) mouth, especially the lips and internal mouth cavity
      。 (Shù shù nǐ de kǒu.) - Rinse your mouth out.
      出自 聽來 令人 奇怪。 (Zhè huà chūzì nǐ de kǒu, tīnglái lìngrén qíguài.) - This sounds strange in your mouth.
2. entrance; opening; mouth (of an object)
     入口 (rùkǒu) - entrance
     出口 (chūkǒu) - exit
     門口 (ménkǒu) - doorway
3. gateway
     張家口 (Zhāngjiākǒu) - Zhangjiakou
     口北 (Kǒuběi) - the area beyond the Great Wall
     口蘑 (kǒumó) - St. George's mushroom (Calocybe gambosa)
4. hole; cut
     口子zi (kǒuzi) - hole
     傷口 (shāngkǒu) - wound
5. port
     電腦 端口 (shāngkǒu) - computer port
     Csēi (sēikǒu) - USB-C port
6. perimeter
     人口 (rénkǒu) - population
     戶口 (hùkǒu) - hukou
7. government organ; department
      (sān kǒu zhī jiā) - a family of three
      可以 ? (Wǒ kěyǐ chī yī kǒu ma?) - Can I have a bite?
8. (neologism, slang) to fellate
9. Variant of 名

占 ⇨ 卜
Component Pinyin Meanings
1. divination
2. to divine
3. (literary) to foretell; to predict
     生死未卜 - no one knows whether the person is dead of alive
4. (literary) to choose
     卜居 - to choose a place to live
5. Simplified form of 蔔
6. Variant of 欲