织品 (zhī pǐn) — textiles; fabric

Definition

noun
textilesfabric
Measure word · 种

Examples

  • 织品。
    Zhè xiē sī chóu zhī pǐn zhì liàng hěn hǎo.
    These silk textiles are of good quality.
  • 织品。
    Zhè jiā gōng chǎng zhǔ yào shēng chǎn mián zhī pǐn.
    This factory mainly produces cotton textiles.
  • 织品。
    Wǒ zài diàn lǐ kàn dào hěn duō jīng měi de zhī pǐn.
    I saw many exquisite textiles in the shop.

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.

织zhīweave
品pǐnproduct

织 gives weaving and 品 gives product, so 织品 is woven goods or fabric.

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 織; 织 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
糸糸mìsilk
Sound part声符shēngfú
戠
戠zhí織zhī
Same sound today

The traditional form 織 uses 糸, silk, with 戠 for the sound. The simplified 织 is a later shorthand.

Open 织 →

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.

Open 品 →

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