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艺术品 (yì shù pǐn) — work of art, art piece

Definition

noun
work of artart piece
Measure word · 件

Examples

  • 艺术品。
    Zhè fú yì shù pǐn shì míng dài huà jiā chuàng zuò de.
    This painting work of art was created by a Ming dynasty painter.
  • 艺术品。
    Zhè jiā bó wù guǎn shōu cáng le xǔ duō zhēn guì de yì shù pǐn.
    This museum has collected many precious works of art.
  • 艺术品。
    Tā huā le hěn duō qián mǎi zhè jiàn yì shù pǐn.
    He spent a lot of money to buy this work of art.

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.

艺术art
艺yìart术shùtechnique
联合Coordinate
品pǐnproduct; item

艺 and 术 together mean art, while 品 means a product or item; 艺术品 is a work of art.

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
艹Written in full as艸cǎo
Sound part声符shēngfú
乙
乙yǐ艺yì
Same sound today

In 艺, the top 艹 points to plants, and the lower 乙 gives the sound.

Open 艺 →

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.

Open 术 →

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 →
Appears in
Art & Fine Arts

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