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How do you say "food store" in Chinese?
食品店
shí pǐn diàn
In Chinese, "food store" is 食品店.
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Pronunciation
Three syllables: 'shir' (high level), 'pin' (high level), 'dyan' (high level). All three are on the same high, flat pitch.
Writing and usage
食 uses 9 strokes with the food radical and means food. 品 uses 9 strokes and means article or item. 店 uses 8 strokes and means shop.
Example sentence
食品店卖很多东西。
The food store sells many things.
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How to remember 食品店
A shop for food items. The middle character suggests a collection of products.
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Questions about 食品店
How do you say "food store" in Chinese?
In Chinese, "food store" is 食品店. It is a noun.
How is 食品店 written in Chinese?
食 uses 9 strokes with the food radical and means food. 品 uses 9 strokes and means article or item. 店 uses 8 strokes and means shop.
How is 食品店 used in a sentence?
Use 食品店 as you would use the equivalent noun in English. For example: 食品店卖很多东西。 (The food store sells many things.).
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"Food store" in other languages
- Japanese 食料品店 (shokuryōhinten)
- Korean 식료품점 (siklyopumjeom)
- Spanish tienda de alimentación
- Spanish (Latin America) abarrotes
- French le magasin d'alimentation
- German das Lebensmittelgeschäft
- Italian il negozio di alimentari
- Russian продуктовый магазин (produktovyj magazin)
- Greek κατάστημα τροφίμων (katastima trofimon)
- Arabic محل أكل (mahala 'ukul)
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