理发馆

理髮館
lǐfàguǎn
noun #31,549

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 barber shop
  2. 2 hairdresser's
  3. 3 hair salon (older term)

Examples

Wǒ yào qù lǐfàguǎn jiǎn tóufa.
I'm going to the barber shop to get a haircut.
Xiàng kǒu yǒu yī jiā lǎoshì de lǐfàguǎn.
There's an old-style barber shop at the entrance to the alley.

Tips

usage
理发馆 has a slightly old-fashioned ring — the corner barber with a spinning red-blue-white pole and a row of leather chairs. Younger speakers more often say 理发店 (lǐfàdiàn) for a regular shop or 美发 (měifàdiàn) / 美发沙龙 (měifà shālóng) for trendier salons.
mistakes
理发 here is read lǐfà (4th tone on , meaning "hair") — NOT lǐfā. Same character has two readings: fā "to send out" vs fà "hair." The simplified form merges what traditional script writes as (hair) and (send) into one character.

Stroke Order

guǎn