商店

商店 shāngdiàn

Store (shop)

HSK 1 shangdian

What 商店 means

  1. Store (shop)

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Character by character

商店 is written with 2 characters. Chinese words are usually easier to remember once you can see what each part contributes.

shāng
Commerce (business - consult - discuss - quotient - Shang dynasty)
diàn
Store (shop - hotel)

How to write 商店

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商店 in a sentence

商店里东西很多。
Shāngdiàn li dōngxi hěn duō.
The store has many things.

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Questions about 商店

What does 商店 mean in English?

商店 is pronounced shāngdiàn and means Store (shop).

How do you pronounce 商店?

商店 is shāngdiàn in pinyin — written shangdian without tone marks. Press the audio button on this page to hear it spoken by a native voice.

What are the characters in 商店?

商店 is written with 2 characters: 商 (shāng) Commerce (business - consult - discuss - quotient - Shang dynasty), 店 (diàn) Store (shop - hotel). Knowing the parts is usually how the whole word becomes memorable.

Is 商店 an HSK word?

Yes — 商店 is on the official HSK 1 vocabulary list. You can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 1 page.

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