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Chinese symbol for “pub”

酒店
jiǔ diàn
wine shop; pub (public house); hotel; restaurant

The closest CC-CEDICT match for pub is 酒店 (jiǔ diàn), defined as: wine shop; pub (public house); hotel; restaurant; (Tw) hostess club.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

酒 jiǔ
wine, spirits, liquor, alcohol
radical 164 ⾣ · 10 strokes
店 diàn
shop, store; inn, hotel
radical 53 ⼴ · 8 strokes

Other Chinese words for “pub”

WordPinyinMeaning
酒馆 (酒館)jiǔ guǎntavern; pub
酒肆jiǔ sìwine shop; liquor store

Related words

Other words that share a character with 酒店.

WordPinyinMeaning
酒吧jiǔ bābar (place to buy drinks); measure word: 家 (jiā)
喝酒hē jiǔto drink (alcohol)
啤酒pí jiǔbeer (loanword); measure word: 杯 (bēi), 瓶 (píng), 罐 (guàn), 桶 (tǒng), 缸 (gāng)
酒精jiǔ jīng(coll.) ethanol; ethyl alcohol
葡萄酒pú tao jiǔ(grape) wine
商店shāng diànstore; shop; measure word: 家 (jiā)
饭店 (飯店)fàn diànrestaurant; hotel
书店 (書店)shū diànbookstore; measure word: 家 (jiā)

See also: Japanese symbol for “pub”.

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.

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