店diàn(bound form) shop; store

1. 1.

   (bound form) shop; storenoun

2. 2.

   inn; old-style hotelnoun

• 店(bound form) shop; store

As "shop," 店 is a bound form, as in 书店 and 商店; 住店 means staying at an inn.

1. HSK 2

   学校旁边有一家书店。

   Xuéxiào pángbiān yǒu yì jiā shūdiàn.

   There is a bookstore beside the school.

2. HSK 1

   我去商店买水。

   Wǒ qù shāngdiàn mǎi shuǐ.

   I am going to the store to buy water.

3. HSK 1

   那家书店不卖水。

   Nà jiā shūdiàn bú mài shuǐ.

   That bookstore does not sell water.

4. HSK 1

   今天晚上我们住店。

   Jīntiān wǎnshang wǒmen zhù diàn.

   We are staying at an inn this evening.

1. 
   Speaker A:

   学校旁边有一家书店。

   Xuéxiào pángbiān yǒu yì jiā shūdiàn.

   There is a bookstore beside the school.

2. 
   Speaker B:

   那家书店卖水吗？

   Nà jiā shūdiàn mài shuǐ ma?

   Does that bookstore sell water?

3. 
   Speaker A:

   不卖。我们去商店买水吧。

   Bú mài. Wǒmen qù shāngdiàn mǎi shuǐ ba.

   No. Let's go to the store to buy water.

4. 
   Speaker B:

   好，商店不远。

   Hǎo, shāngdiàn bù yuǎn.

   All right, the store is not far.

1. 1.Fill in the blank: 学校旁边有一家书___。(There is a bookstore beside the school.)

   A店B水C个
2. 2.Which sentence means "I am going to the store to buy water"?

   A我去商店买水。B我在家。C他很大。
3. 3.Fill in the blank: 今天晚上我们住___。(We are staying at an inn this evening.)

   A店B是C的

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• 买mǎito buy; to purchaseHSK 1
• 卖màito sellHSK 1
• 学校xué xiàoschoolHSK 1
• 水shuǐwaterHSK 1
• 钱qiánmoney; coinHSK 1
• 开kāito open (transitive or intransitive)HSK 1

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