开架

開架

kāijià

adjective

Meanings

1 open-shelf
2 drugstore / mass-market (of cosmetics, contrasted with department-store brands)

Characters

Examples

这支口红是开架的,性价比超高。

Zhè zhī kǒuhóng shì kāijià de, xìngjiàbǐ chāo gāo.

This lipstick is a drugstore one and the value is amazing.

学生党更适合买开架护肤品。

Xuéshēngdǎng gèng shìhé mǎi kāijià hùfūpǐn.

Students are better off buying open-shelf (affordable) skincare.

Tips

usage

In Chinese beauty-influencer vocabulary, 开架 (from 'open-shelf' drugstore display) means affordable mass-market brands you pick up yourself, opposed to 专柜 (specialty counter) at department stores where a staff member serves you.

Stroke Order

开 kāi

架 jià