专卖店
zhuān mài diàn · HSK 7
specialty store
🏪 专卖店 = exclusive + sell + shop = a store that sells just one brand or thing
专 zhuān means exclusive or specialized, 卖 mài means to sell, and 店 diàn means shop. Stack them and you get a shop that exclusively sells one type of product, like a tea 专卖店 or a phone 专卖店.
卖 — top 十 + 买 (buy) below
卖 means 'to sell' and is the simplified form of 賣. Historically it pairs 出 (out) over 買 (buy), suggesting goods going out in exchange — the opposite of buying. The simplified shape keeps 买 (buy) underneath with 十 on top as a reduced marker.
店 — 广 (shelter radical) + 占 (zhān, phonetic)
店 is a semantic-phonetic compound. The radical 广 depicts a roof or open shelter, suggesting a building, while 占 supplies the sound (zhān → diàn). Originally it referred to a roadside inn or stall set up under a shelter, and over time the meaning narrowed to 'shop' or 'store'.