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What is the difference between 書局 and 書店 ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between 書局 and 書店 ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
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- Traditional Chinese (Hong Kong)
They are same.
In Hongkong, we use 書店 usually.
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- Traditional Chinese (Hong Kong)
- Traditional Chinese (Hong Kong)
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@Azuuuuu I use 書局 more often😂 三聯書局 大眾書局
To me, the diffenece is 書局is usually larger while 書店is more like a 小店 which is smaller.
Both okay, it's up to you.
- Traditional Chinese (Hong Kong)
- Traditional Chinese (Hong Kong)
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@Azuuuuu Oh really?! I didn't realize that😮 Quite an interesting question, I had never thought of the difference between these two words until somebody asked.
- Traditional Chinese (Hong Kong)
@Thecoopidea They were different in the past, I searched the 漢典, 書局 was the place for publish the books. 書店 was only selling the books. Nowadays, the are same meaning, using 書店 or 書局 is a personal preferences.
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- Traditional Chinese (Hong Kong)
書局 usually use are famous bookstore
書店 usually is not famous bookstore
but really meaning are the same no need to so care
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