syu1 dim3書店书店
Jyutpingsyu1 dim3
Yalesyū dim
Definition
Bookstore; bookshop.
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How it's used
People often use the word 舖頭 or just 舖 when referring to shops in general, but for specific types like bookstores, the full term 書店 is standard. It is common to add the location particle 喺 before mentioning the bookstore when describing where you are going or where you bought something.
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gaan1間gānExamples
Do you know where there is a bookstore?
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Grammar guides
- Directional complementsThe small words added after a verb to show direction of movement, like up, down, out, in, and back. Common in everyday Cantonese.
- DemonstrativesThis and that with 呢 and 嗰, the personal pronouns, and how 哋 turns I, you, and he into we, you all, and they.
- Resultative complementsSticking a result word onto a verb to show how it turned out, like eat until full or look and find. A productive everyday pattern.
