also: さかみせ · しゅてん
liquor store; bottle shop
A shop that sells alcoholic beverages. The reading さかだな is most common; さかみせ is also used but less frequent.
I bought beer at the liquor store in front of the station.
That liquor store has a wide selection of local sake.
Only with reading しゅてん
Refers to a hotel in a Chinese context, using the on'yomi reading しゅてん. Not used for Japanese hotels.
Hotels in China are completely different from Japanese inns.
He runs a small liquor store in the old part of town.
I stayed at a hotel in Beijing for three days.
ホテル is the standard Japanese word for a hotel anywhere, while 酒店 (しゅてん) specifically refers to a hotel in a Chinese-language context.
Standard kanji spelling for 'liquor store'.
Alternate reading for 'liquor store'; less common than さかだな.
Reading used for the Chinese-style hotel sense.
酒店 is a compound of 酒 (sake, alcohol) and 店 (store). The reading しゅてん is the on'yomi and is used specifically for the Chinese hotel sense, likely influenced by Chinese usage.