美术品 (měi shù pǐn) — work of art, art piece (especially painting) | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

work of artart piece (especially painting)

Measure word · 件

Examples

美术品。
Zhè jiā bó wù guǎn shōu cáng le xǔ duō zhēn guì de měi shù pǐn.
This museum collects many precious art pieces.
美术品。
Tā huā le hěn duō qián mǎi le yí jiàn xiàn dài měi shù pǐn.
He spent a lot of money buying a modern art piece.
美术品。
měi shù pǐn Zài pāi mài huì shàng pāi chū le tiān jià.
The artwork sold for a sky-high price at the auction.

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.

美术fine art

美měibeautiful术shùart

偏正Modifier + head

美术 (fine art) and 品 (item/product) combine to mean a work of art.

Characters in this word

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

羊羊yángram or feathers
大大dàperson

美 shows 大, a person, wearing 羊, a headdress of feathers or ram's horn.

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 術; 术 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

行行xíngstreet, path

Sound part声符shēngfú

朮

朮zhú術shù

Same sound today

The traditional form 術 has 行 (street, path) beside 朮, which gives the sound; the simplified 术 is a later shorthand.

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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