化妆品 (huà zhuāng pǐn) — cosmetics | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

cosmetics

Measure word · 件

化妆品。
Wǒ mǎi le yì píng xīn de huà zhuāng pǐn.
I bought a new bottle of cosmetics.
化妆品。
Tā xǐ huan yòng tiān rán chéng fèn de huà zhuāng pǐn.
She likes to use cosmetics with natural ingredients.
化妆品。
Zhè ge pǐn pái de huà zhuāng pǐn zhì liàng hěn hǎo.
This brand's cosmetics are of very good quality.

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.

化妆apply makeup

动宾Verb + object

“化妆” means apply makeup and “品” means product, giving products used for makeup.

Characters in this word

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

化 shows two person figures, one upright and one upside down, to give the idea of reversal or change.

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 妝; 妆 is its simplified writing.

爿女妝

Meaning part形符xíngfú

女女nǚfemale

Sound part声符shēngfú

爿

爿pán妝zhuāng

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The form 妝 combines 女, meaning female, with 爿 as a sound part; this describes 妝, not the simplified 妆.

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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