店
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diàn · shop, store

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HSK 3.0 · Level 1Frequency #732
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8Total strokes

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Upper-left enclosureCharacter structure

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广Key radical

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Vocabulary in context

Common words with 店

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diànWords pronounced diàn
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Example sentences

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Wǒ men de fàn diàn shì zuì hǎo de.我们的饭店是最好的。

Our restaurant is the best.

Source: Tatoeba #431118 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ tīng shuō tā qù le shāng diàn.我听说她去了商店。

I was told that she went to the store.

Source: Tatoeba #12216158 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Bù rú wǒ men zǒu zhe qù shū diàn ba?不如我们走着去书店吧?

Why don't we go to the bookstore on foot?

Source: Tatoeba #1944086 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ yì zhí zhù zhè jiā jiǔ diàn de ò.我一直住这家酒店的哦。

I always stay at this hotel.

Source: Tatoeba #12686333 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ zài biàn lì diàn mǎi le ròu bāo chī le.我在便利店买了肉包吃了。

I bought meat buns at the convenience store and ate them.

Source: Tatoeba #12422337 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Hé nǐ jiǎng zhè xiē méi yòng! ràng diàn cháng chū lái!和你讲这些没用!让店长出来!

I'm getting nowhere with you! Call the manager!

Source: Tatoeba #8645887 · CC BY 2.0 FR
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How to study 店 in context

  1. Say diàn, then recall the core meaning: shop, store.
  2. Write all 8 strokes while keeping the upper-left enclosure balanced.
  3. Use it in 饭店 (fàn diàn), meaning “restaurant”.
  4. Read the complete sentence aloud once, then cover the translation and explain how 店 works in that context.

Definitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.