品评 (pǐn píng) — to judge, to appraise, to comment on (the quality of something)

Definition

verb
to judgeto appraiseto comment on (the quality of something)

Examples

  • 品评。
    Zhuān jiā men zhèng zài zǐ xì pǐn píng zhè fú huà de jì qiǎo.
    The experts are carefully appraising the technique of this painting.
  • 品评。
    Tā duì nà jiā cān tīng de cài pǐn pǐn píng le yì fān.
    He commented on the dishes at that restaurant.
  • 品评。
    Píng wěi men cóng duō gè jiǎo dù pǐn píng xuǎn shǒu de biǎo xiàn.
    The judges rated the contestants' performances from multiple angles.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéSide by side

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

品pǐnassess
评píngcomment

品 and 评 both mean to assess, so together they mean to appraise or comment.

Characters in this word

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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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 評; 评 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
言言yán
Sound part声符shēngfú
平
平píng評píng
Same sound today

The traditional form 評 uses 言 for speech and 平 as a sound part; the simplified 评 is a later shorthand.

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