酒店
also: さかみせ · しゅてん
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Meanings
1
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.
2
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.
Usage patterns
- 酒店を営むto run a liquor store
He runs a small liquor store in the old part of town.
- 酒店に泊まるto stay at a hotel (in a Chinese context)
I stayed at a hotel in Beijing for three days.