药店
HSK 2 (exam 2025)HSK 2 (2021)
药店 (yàodiàn) · pharmacy
药店 (yàodiàn) means “pharmacy; drugstore”. It is written with 2 characters: 药 (medicine) + 店 (shop). It is an HSK 2 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 药店 is built
The characters
药 yào · medicine
What 药 is made of
- 艹cǎo — grass
- 约yuē — treaty
- 纟sī — silk
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 勺sháo — spoon
- 勹bāo — wrap shape
- 丶 — dot
- 纟sī — silk
Origin hint: 艹 gives the meaning, 约 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
药店几点开门？Yàodiàn jǐ diǎn kāimén?What time does the pharmacy open?
我去药店买药。Wǒ qù yàodiàn mǎi yào.I'm going to the pharmacy to buy medicine.
Questions about 药店
What does 药店 mean?
药店 (yàodiàn) means “pharmacy; drugstore”.
How do you pronounce 药店?
药店 is pronounced yàodiàn.
Which HSK level is 药店?
药店 is in HSK 2 (exam 2025) and HSK 2 (2021).
Related words
- 药片yàopiànpill
- 药水yàoshuǐliquid medicine
- 药物yàowùmedicine
- 火药huǒyàogunpowder
- 药yàomedicine
- 饭店fàndiànrestaurant
- 商店shāngdiànshop
- 书店shūdiànbookshop
- 酒店jiǔdiànhotel
- 店diànshop
Learn 药店 with its group
It is part of HSK 2 (2021) · Group 16: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.