百货

百貨

bǎihuò

noun HSK 4 #14,941

Meanings

1 general merchandise
2 department store (short for 百货商店)

Characters

hundred; all kinds of

goods; merchandise

A hundred kinds of goods — a store that sells everything.

Examples

我们去百货商店逛逛吧。

Wǒmen qù bǎihuò shāngdiàn guàngguang ba.

Let's go browse the department store.

这家百货卖的东西很多。

Zhè jiā bǎihuò mài de dōngxi hěn duō.

This department store sells a lot of things.

百货商店在市中心。

Bǎihuò shāngdiàn zài shì zhōngxīn.

The department store is in the city center.

Tips

usage

百货 is usually short for 百货商店 (bǎihuò shāngdiàn, department store) or 百货公司 (bǎihuò gōngsī, department store company). With the rise of online shopping, traditional 百货 stores in China are declining.

Stroke Order

百 bǎi

货 huò