店家

diànjiā

noun #40,197

Meanings

1 shop; store
2 shopkeeper; seller
3 innkeeper

Characters

person or household in a trade

Examples

HSK 1

我问店家能不能便宜一点。

Wǒ wèn diànjiā néng bu néng piányi yìdiǎn.

I asked the shopkeeper if they could make it a bit cheaper.

HSK 4

店家说这件衣服明天就能发货。

Diànjiā shuō zhè jiàn yīfu míngtiān jiù néng fāhuò.

The seller says this top can ship tomorrow.

Tips

register

In old novels and operas a traveller calls out 店家 to the innkeeper or the keeper of a tavern. Today it is the shop as the seller, above all on shopping sites, where buyers also say 商家 or 卖家.

Stroke Order

店 diàn

家 jiā