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农产品 (nóng chǎn pǐn) — agricultural produce; agricultural products

Definition

农产 specifically means farm-grown products (crops, vegetables, fruit) sold as goods — 农业 is the industry, 庄稼 are crops still in the field, 作物 is the planted variety.

noun
agricultural produceagricultural products
Measure word · 种

Examples

  • 农产品。
    Zhè xiē nóng chǎn pǐn dōu shì yǒu jī zhòng zhí de.
    These agricultural products are all organically grown.
  • 农产品。
    Zhè ge dì qū de nóng chǎn pǐn zhì liàng hěn hǎo.
    The agricultural products in this region are of good quality.
  • 农产品。
    Wǒ měi zhōu dōu huì mǎi yì xiē xīn xiān de nóng chǎn pǐn.
    I buy some fresh agricultural products every week.

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.

农nóngagriculture
产品
产chǎnproduce品pǐngoods
联合Coordinate

农 is agriculture, and 产品 is produced goods, so agricultural produce.

Characters in this word

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 農; 农 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 農 comes from 林 (vegetation) and 辰 (a hoe), showing a hoe among vegetation to remove weeds; the simplified 农 is a later abbreviation.

Open 农 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 產; 产 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
生生shēngto be born
Sound part声符shēngfú
彥
彥yàn產chǎn
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 產 pairs 生, "to be born," with 彥 as a sound part; the simplified 产 is a shorthand.

Open 产 →

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.

Open 品 →
Appears in
HSK 3.0 Level 6Agriculture & Farming

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