The Chinese word 药店 (yàodiàn), meaning "pharmacy" or "drugstore", is a compound word formed by combining two meaningful characters: 药 (yào), which means "medicine" or "drug", and 店 (diàn), which means "shop" or "store". This follows the common structural pattern in Mandarin where a modifier (here, 药, specifying what is sold) is placed before a head noun (店, indicating the type of commercial establishment) to create a clear and logical semantic unit, literally, a "medicine shop". This method of word formation is highly productive in Chinese, allowing for efficient and intuitive creation of new terms by combining existing lexical elements.