复制品 (fù zhì pǐn) — a replica, a reproduction (of an artwork, antiq…

Definition

noun

a replicaa reproduction (of an artwork, antique, etc.)

Measure word · 件

复制品。
Zhè ge bó wù guǎn lǐ mài de fù zhì pǐn zhì liàng hěn hǎo.
The replicas sold in this museum are of good quality.
复制品。
Tā shōu cáng le hěn duō míng huà de fù zhì pǐn.
He collects many reproductions of famous paintings.
复制品。
Wǒ mǎi le yì zūn dà wèi diāo xiàng de fù zhì pǐn zuò wéi jì niàn.
I bought a replica of the statue of David as a souvenir.

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.

复制reproduce

偏正Modifier + head

复 means again, 制 means make, and 品 means product, so this is something made again as a copy.

Characters in this word

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 復; 复 is its simplified writing.

The simplified 复 stands for more than one traditional character. In most words (复习, 恢复) it is 復; in others (复印, 复杂) (答复, 反复) it is 複 or 覆.

彳复復

Meaning part形符xíngfú

彳彳chìwalk

Sound part声符shēngfú

复

Same sound today

The traditional form 復 combines 彳, a walking part, with 复, a sound part, to show walking back and forth.

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

The form 制 pairs 朱 (tree) with 刀 (knife), showing the act of cutting a tree.

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.

Appears in