Chinese symbol for “barbershop”
理发店
lǐ fà diàn
Traditional: 理髮店
barbershop; hairdresser's; measure word: 家 (jiā)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for barbershop is 理发店 (lǐ fà diàn), defined as: barbershop; hairdresser's; measure word: 家 (jiā).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “barbershop”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 发屋 (髮屋) | fà wū | barbershop |
| 理发院 (理髮院) | lǐ fà yuàn | barbershop; hairdresser's |
| 理容院 | lǐ róng yuàn | hairdresser and beauty parlor; barbershop |
| 理发厅 (理髮廳) | lǐ fà tīng | (Tw) barbershop; hairdresser's |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 理发店.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 管理 | guǎn lǐ | to supervise; to manage |
| 处理 (處理) | chǔ lǐ | to handle; to deal with; to punish |
| 理论 (理論) | lǐ lùn | theory; 个 (gè) |
| 理解 | lǐ jiě | to comprehend; to understand |
| 总理 (總理) | zǒng lǐ | premier; prime minister |
| 理由 | lǐ yóu | reason; grounds |
| 发展 (發展) | fā zhǎn | development; growth |
| 发生 (發生) | fā shēng | to happen; to occur; to take place; to arise (e.g. 发生问题 (fā shēng wèn tí) "a problem arises") |
| 酒店 | jiǔ diàn | wine shop; pub (public house) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “barbershop”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.