商店

しょうてん

shop, business firm

JLPT N2

Character Breakdown

Meaning and Usage

The word 商店 (shāngdiàn) refers to a physical store or shop where goods are sold. It is a common term used in everyday conversation to talk about places where you can buy items, from groceries to clothes.

Common Collocations and Patterns

These collocations help specify location, time, or actions related to 商店.

Usage Notes

商店 is a neutral and standard term suitable for formal and informal contexts. It often appears in descriptions of places or when discussing shopping habits. It differs from (diànpù), which can be more formal or refer to a shop as a business entity, and from 超市 (chāoshì), which specifically means supermarket.

Example Sentences

This store sells all kinds of fruits.

I pass by that store every day.

The store's business hours are from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.