商店
HSK 1 (exam 2025)HSK 1 (2021)Old HSK 1
商店 (shāngdiàn) · shop
商店 (shāngdiàn) means “shop; store”. It is written with 2 characters: 商 (commerce) + 店 (shop). It is an HSK 1 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 商店 is built
The characters
商 shāng · commerce
What 商 is made of
- 亠tóu — lid
- 丶 — dot
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 丷ha — kwukyel
- 丶 — dot
- 冏jiǒng — bright
- 冂 — frame
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 八bā — eight
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 冂 — frame
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 冂 — frame
Origin hint: 冏 gives the meaning, 章 gives the sound. (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
商店里人很多。Shāngdiàn lǐ rén hěn duō.There are a lot of people in the shop.
这儿有商店吗？Zhèr yǒu shāngdiàn ma?Is there a shop here?
Questions about 商店
What does 商店 mean?
商店 (shāngdiàn) means “shop; store”.
How do you pronounce 商店?
商店 is pronounced shāngdiàn.
Which HSK level is 商店?
商店 is in HSK 1 (exam 2025) and HSK 1 (2021) and Old HSK 1.
Related words
- 商场shāngchǎngshopping mall
- 商量shāngliangto discuss
- 商人shāngrénbusinessman
- 商品shāngpǐngoods
- 商业shāngyèbusiness
- 商务shāngwùbusiness
- 经商jīngshāngto do business
- 磋商cuōshāngto consult
- 商标shāngbiāotrademark
- 协商xiéshāngto consult
Learn 商店 with its group
It is part of HSK 1 (2021) · Group 9: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.