护肤品 (hù fū pǐn) — skincare product; skincare products | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

skincare productskincare products

Measure word · 件

Examples

护肤品。
Wǒ zuì jìn mǎi le yí tào xīn de hù fū pǐn.
I recently bought a new set of skincare products.
护肤品。
Zhè ge pǐn pái de hù fū pǐn hěn shì hé mǐn gǎn jī fū.
This brand's skincare products are very suitable for sensitive skin.
护肤品。
Tā měi tiān zǎo wǎn dōu yòng hù fū pǐn.
She uses skincare products every morning and evening.

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.

护肤protect skin

护hùprotect肤fūskin

动宾Verb + object

品pǐnproduct

护 protects, 肤 is skin, and 品 is product; together they mean a product for protecting skin.

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.

扌户护

Meaning part形符xíngfú

扌Written in full as手shǒu

Sound part声符shēngfú

户

户hù护hù

Same sound today

护 combines 扌 (the hand form 手) with 户, which gives the sound hù.

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

肉肉ròuflesh

Sound part声符shēngfú

夫

夫fū肤fū

Same sound today

The shape of 肤 comes from 肉, flesh, plus 夫, which gives the sound.

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

Toiletries & Cosmetics

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