书店
HSK 1 (exam 2025)HSK 1 (2021)
书店 (shūdiàn) · bookshop
书店 (shūdiàn) means “bookshop”. It is written with 2 characters: 书 (book) + 店 (shop). It is an HSK 1 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 书店 is built
The characters
书 shū · book
What 书 is made of
- 丨 — vertical stroke
Origin hint: A mark made by a pen ⺺ (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
店 diàn · shop
What 店 is made of
- 广guǎng — broad
- 丶 — dot
- 厂chǎng — cliff
- 占zhàn — to divine
- ⺊ — structural part
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 冂 — frame
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- ⺊ — structural part
Origin hint: 广 gives the meaning, 占 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
学校旁边有一个书店。Xuéxiào pángbiān yǒu yī gè shūdiàn.There's a bookshop next to the school.
你常去书店吗？Nǐ cháng qù shūdiàn ma?Do you often go to the bookshop?
Questions about 书店
What does 书店 mean?
书店 (shūdiàn) means “bookshop”.
How do you pronounce 书店?
书店 is pronounced shūdiàn.
Which HSK level is 书店?
书店 is in HSK 1 (exam 2025) and HSK 1 (2021).
Related words
- 读书dúshūto study
- 书包shūbāoschoolbag
- 图书馆túshūguǎnlibrary
- 书架shūjiàbookshelf
- 秘书mìshūsecretary
- 通知书tōngzhīshūnotice
- 书法shūfǎcalligraphy
- 书籍shūjíbooks
- 书记shūjisecretary (of a party branch)
- 书面shūmiànwritten
Learn 书店 with its group
It is part of HSK 1 (2021) · Group 42: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.