舖 (pou3 pou3*2 | pu4) : shop, store

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舖

pou3 pou3*2

pu4

[粵] pou3 [國] pu4
shop/store (in general)

[粵] pou3*2 [國] pu4
specific kind of shop/store, e.g. grocer's shop, barber's shop, gold shop, etc.

Do not confuse with the verb 鋪.

Default PoS:

Additional PoS:

Stroke count: 15

Level: 3

Radical: 舌 (#135)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

舖 / 铺

This word has been viewed 8416 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 18th Jul 2014 01:27

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店舖 dim3 pou3 dian4 pu4 = store; shop

舖頭 pou3 tau4*2 = shop; store 粵

鞋舖 haai4 pou3*2 = shoe shop 粵

當舖 dong3 pou3*2 dang4 pu4 = pawn shop

CD舖 si1 di1 pou3*2 = CD/record shop 粵

文具舖 man4 geoi6 pou3*2 = stationery store

玩具舖 wun6 geoi6 pou3*2 wan2 ju4 pu4 = toy shop

豬肉舖 zyu1 juk6 pou3*2 = meat shop

麵包舖 min6 baau1 pou3 mian4 bao1 pu4 = bakery shop

機舖 gei1 pou3*2 = videogame centre 粵
See all 41 compounds (CantoDict reports 42 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing all 4 examples containing 舖

兩個禮拜前喺我最鐘意嗰間衫舖買嗰件衫，我攞咗佢去熨。粵
I took the shirts that I bought two weeks ago at my favourite shop to be ironed.
[Note: although the verb and object could be separated by the lengthy adjective clause 兩個禮拜前喺我最鐘意嗰間衫舖買, it's more natural and more easily understood use the topicalised construction in this example.]

喺店舖拎走貨品冇畀錢, 是為之店舖盜竊。粵
Taking away merchandise from a store without making payment is defined as shoplifting.

我等陣去佢間舖頭打墩﹐傾吓偈同消磨吓時間。粵
I'm going to his store and spend a long time there in a moment, to chat, and to kill time.

我攞咗兩個禮拜前喺我最鐘意嗰間衫舖買嗰件衫去熨粵
I've taken the shirt that I bought in my favourite clothes shop two weeks ago to be ironed.
[[literal] I taken-have two-weeks-ago in my most-like that-(classifier)-clothes-shop buy that-(classifier)-shirt go iron This Cantonese example shows how a relative clause is composed without a relative pronoun. ]

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粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
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Unicode code for this character: U+8216 (off-site link)

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