必需品 (bì xū pǐn) — necessities; essential items

Definition

noun

necessitiesessential items

Measure word · 种

，必需品。
Chū guó lǚ xíng qián, nǐ zuì hǎo bǎ suǒ yǒu bì xū pǐn dōu zhǔn bèi hǎo.
Before traveling abroad, you'd better prepare all the necessities.
、必需品。
Shuǐ, shí wù hé yào pǐn shì yě wài shēng cún de bì xū pǐn.
Water, food, and medicine are the necessities for survival in the wild.
必需品。
Zhè ge shāng diàn mài de dōu shì shēng huó zhōng zuì jiǎn dān de bì xū pǐn.
This store sells only the simplest necessities of daily life.

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.

必需necessary

偏正Modifier + head

必 and 需 give the sense of must need, while 品 names goods, making items that are necessary.

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A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The shape of 必 comes from the handle on the right side of a weapon, with two extra strokes added to its sides.

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

需 originally showed 天, here a person, under 雨, rain, as someone getting wet.

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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