铺户

鋪戶

pùhù

noun

Measure Word

一家铺户 jiā

Meanings

1 a shop
2 a store (slightly old-fashioned)

Characters

household / establishment

Examples

这条老街上的铺户大多有上百年的历史。

Zhè tiáo lǎojiē shàng de pùhù dàduō yǒu shàng bǎi nián de lìshǐ.

Most of the shops on this old street are over a hundred years old.

战乱时期，铺户纷纷关门。

Zhànluàn shíqī, pùhù fēnfēn guānmén.

During the war, shops shut their doors one after another.

Tips

register

Old-fashioned and slightly literary; in modern speech you'd say 商店 (shāngdiàn) or 店铺 (diànpù). 铺户 turns up most in historical novels, period dramas, and writing about old streets — anywhere the ambience of pre-1949 commerce is wanted. Note 铺 here is pù (4th tone, 'shop'), not pū ('to spread').

mistakes

铺 has two readings: pū (to spread, lay) and pù (shop, plank bed). For 铺户 always use pù.

Stroke Order

铺 pù

户 hù