Usage note
书店是用来买书的地方。
shū diàn shì yòng lái mǎi shū de dì fāng.
Bookstore is a place to buy books.
Context note
在学校附近经常可以看到书店。
zài xué xiào fù jìn céng jīng kě yǐ kàn dào shū diàn.
You can often see bookstores near schools.
5 examples
妈妈带我去书店。
mā ma dài wǒ qù shū diàn。
Mom took me to the bookstore.
我在书店买了一本故事书。
wǒ zài shū diàn mǎi le yì běn gù shì shū。
I bought a storybook at the bookstore.
爸爸经常去书店看书。
bà ba jīng cháng qù shū diàn kàn shū。
Dad often goes to the bookstore to read books.
书店里有很多新书。
shū diàn lǐ yǒu hěn duō xīn shū。
There are many new books in the bookstore.
周末我常去书店看书。
zhōu mò wǒ cháng qù shū diàn kàn shū。
On weekends, I often go to the bookstore to read books.
5 mini stories
小明喜欢在书店里找新书看。
xiǎo míng xǐ huan zài shū diàn lǐ zhǎo xīn shū kàn。
Xiaoming likes to find new books to read in the bookstore.
妈妈带我去书店买学习用的书。
mā ma dài wǒ qù shū diàn mǎi xué xí yòng de shū。
Mom took me to the bookstore to buy study books.
爸爸在书店里找到了一本他很久没看过的书。
bà ba zài shū diàn lǐ zhǎo dào le yì běn tā hěn jiǔ méi kàn guò de shū。
Dad found a book in the bookstore that he hadn't read for a long time.
周末我和朋友一起去书店看书。
zhōu mò wǒ hé péng yǒu yì qǐ qù shū diàn kàn shū。
On weekends, I go to the bookstore with friends to read books.
我在书店里找到了一本我一直在找的书。
wǒ zài shū diàn lǐ zhǎo dào le yì běn wǒ yì zhí zài zhǎo de shū。
I found a book in the bookstore that I had been looking for.
Mini dialogue
去书店
A
我们一起去书店，好吗？
Wǒmen yīqǐ qù shūdiàn, hǎo ma?
Let's go to the bookstore together, okay?
B
好啊，我想买一本故事书。
Hǎo a, wǒ xiǎng mǎi yī běn gùshì shū.
Okay, I want to buy a storybook.
在书店里
A
书店里有很多好看的书。
Shūdiàn lǐ yǒu hěn duō hǎokàn de shū.
There are many interesting books in the bookstore.
B
是啊，我喜欢这个书店。
Shì a, wǒ xǐhuān zhège shūdiàn.
Yes, I like this bookstore.
Related words and contrasts
similar
图书馆
tú shū guǎn
library
A place with many books, but you borrow them instead of buy them.
related
买
mǎi
to buy
What you do at a bookstore.