書店

简 书店 · 繁 書店
Mandarin · pinyin shū diàn

Meanings

  1. bookstore
  2. Classifier: 家 jiā
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書
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店
diàn · shop, store; inn, hotel
书
shū · book, letter, document; writings
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1–4 · shu1 dian4

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syu1 dim3

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noun

  1. (countable) bookshop; bookstore (Classifier: 家 m; 間/间 c)

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