| English term or phrase: shophouse | How to say shophouse in Mandarin ?
"What is a shophouse? They were buildings designed, or at least used, for joint residential and commercial life. The family shop was downstairs whilst the family resided on the floors above. That in itself doesn't really explain them in the context of HK because the term is used here almost exclusively to describe a style of building that juts out over the pavement with supporting pillars at the front. I say almost exclusively, but I should make it clear that these particular shophouses are in fact Canton-style or Guangzhou-style shophouses. When this style of building was more widespread the names of the shops would be displayed running up and down the pillars. There are other types of shophouses in HK, such as those on Burrows and Mallory Streets in Wanchai, which are more like normal tenements built above shop fronts. These latter are also interesting but were not as prolific as the column'd ones - although time and the developers whim has ensured this ratio has almost reversed!!"
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