危险品 (wēi xiǎn pǐn) — dangerous goods; hazardous materials

Definition

noun

dangerous goodshazardous materials

Measure word · 种

危险品。
Zhè xiē wēi xiǎn pǐn bù néng dài shàng fēi jī.
These dangerous goods cannot be taken on the plane.
危险品。
Yùn shū wēi xiǎn pǐn xū yào zhuān mén de xǔ kě zhèng.
Transporting hazardous materials requires a special permit.
危险品。
Cāng kù lǐ cún fàng le dà liàng wēi xiǎn pǐn.
A large quantity of dangerous goods is stored in the warehouse.

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.

危险dangerous

联合Coordinate

危 and 险 both point to danger, and 品 means goods, together naming hazardous goods.

Characters in this word

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

危 is built from 厃, showing a person on a cliff or mountain, and 卩, showing a kneeling person.

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 險; 险 is its simplified writing.

阝僉險

Meaning part形符xíngfú

阝Written in full as阜fù

Sound part声符shēngfú

僉

僉qiān險

Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 險 pairs 阝, written in full as 阜, with 僉, which gives the sound; the simplified 险 is a shorthand.

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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