奶制品 (nǎi zhì pǐn) — dairy product | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

dairy product

Measure word · 种

Examples

奶制品，。
Wǒ měi tiān zǎo cān dōu chī yì xiē nǎi zhì pǐn, bǐ rú niú nǎi hé suān nǎi.
I eat some dairy products every day for breakfast, such as milk and yogurt.
奶制品，。
Zhè jiā chāo shì de nǎi zhì pǐn zhǒng lèi hěn duō, jià gé yě hěn hé lǐ.
This supermarket has a wide variety of dairy products, and the prices are reasonable.
奶制品。
Yī shēng jiàn yì wǒ duō chī nǎi zhì pǐn lái bǔ chōng gài zhì.
The doctor recommends I eat more dairy products to supplement calcium.

Origin

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.

制品made product

制zhìmake品pǐnproduct

偏正Modifier + head

奶 gives the milk source, and 制品 gives the made product.

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.

女乃奶

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

乃

乃nǎi奶nǎi

Same sound today

奶 combines 女, a woman, and 乃, which gives the sound.

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

朱朱zhūtree
刀刀dāoknife

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.

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