成本价 (chéng běn jià) — cost price | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

cost price

成本价，。
Zhè pī shāng pǐn de chéng běn jià shì wǔ yuán, líng shòu jià mài bā yuán.
The cost price of this batch of goods is five yuan, and the retail price is eight yuan.
成本价，。
Wǒ men àn chéng běn jià mài gěi nǐ, bú zhuàn nǐ yì fēn qián.
We'll sell it to you at cost price, not making a penny from you.
成本价。
Dī yú chéng běn jià chū shòu huì dǎo zhì yán zhòng kuī sǔn.
Selling below cost price will lead to serious losses.

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.

成本cost

联合Side by side

成本 names the cost or capital, and 价 gives price, so the whole is the cost price.

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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

丁

丁dīng成chéng

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

成 puts 戊, a weapon, beside 丁, which gives the sound. The weapon part relates to protection, as in the old sense of city walls.

An abstract idea shown by a mark or a diagram rather than by a picture of an object.

本 adds a stroke at the bottom of a tree shape to mark the roots, giving the sense of foundation or original.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

人介价

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

介

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

价 pairs 人 (person) with 介, which gives the sound.