印刷品 (yìn shuā pǐn) — printed matter, printed material

Definition

noun

printed matterprinted material

Measure word · 件

印刷品。
Zhè xiē yìn shuā pǐn dōu shì cóng guó wài jì lái de.
These printed materials were all sent from abroad.
印刷品。
Yóu jú duì yìn shuā pǐn yǒu zhuān mén de shōu fèi biāo zhǔn.
The post office has a special rate for printed matter.
印刷品。
Tú shū guǎn shōu cáng le dà liàng lì shǐ yìn shuā pǐn.
The library has a large collection of historical printed materials.

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.

印刷printing

联合Side by side

印刷 means printing, and 品 is the resulting goods.

Characters in this word

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

印 pairs 爪 (hand) with 卩 (kneeling person), showing a hand pressing down on a kneeling person.

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

Meaning part形符xíngfú

刀刀dāoknife

Sound part声符shēngfú

㕞

㕞㕞刷shuā

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

刷 uses 刀, a knife, and pairs it with 㕞 as a sound component.

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.