乳品 (rǔ pǐn) — dairy products

Definition

noun
dairy products

Examples

  • 乳品,、。
    Zhè jiā diàn mài gè zhǒng rǔ pǐn, bāo kuò niú nǎi, suān nǎi hé nǎi lào.
    This shop sells all kinds of dairy products, including milk, yogurt, and cheese.
  • 乳品。
    Zhōng guó de rǔ pǐn xiāo fèi liàng zhèng zài zhú nián zēng jiā.
    China's dairy product consumption is increasing year by year.
  • 乳品,。
    Xīn xiān de rǔ pǐn yíng yǎng fēng fù, duì jiàn kāng hěn yǒu hǎo chù.
    Fresh dairy products are nutritious and very beneficial to health.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

乳rǔmilk
品pǐnproduct

乳 means milk and 品 means goods, so together they name products made from milk.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

乳 originally drew a kneeling woman holding and breastfeeding a child, matching its meanings of breast and milk.

Open 乳 →

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

品 repeats the same simple shape three times, representing various objects.

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