Definition

1. Noun:
   • General merchandise; department store (goods): "Bách hóa" refers to a wide variety of goods or merchandise, encompassing many different categories. It can also refer to the goods sold in a department store.
   • Department store (establishment): When referring to an establishment, it means a store that sells a wide range of goods.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Cửa hàng này chuyên bán đủ loại bách hóa. (This store specializes in selling all kinds of general merchandise.)
  • Chúng tôi đến siêu thị bách hóa để mua sắm. (We go to the department store to shop.)

Advanced Usage

• "Bách hóa tổng hợp": A comprehensive or general department store, often larger and offering a very wide range of products.
  • Đây là một trung tâm bách hóa tổng hợp lớn. (This is a large comprehensive department store center.)

Variants and Related Words

• Siêu thị bách hóa: Hypermarket; a very large store that combines a supermarket and a department store.
  • Họ mở một siêu thị bách hóa ở ngoại ô. (They opened a hypermarket in the suburbs.)

Synonyms

• Hàng hóa tổng hợp: General/comprehensive goods.
• Cửa hàng tổng hợp: General store (though typically smaller in scale than "bách hóa").

1. All kinds of goods
   • Bán bách hóa
     To deal with all kinds of goods; to deal with all lines of merchandise
   • Cửa hàng) bách hóa tổng hợp