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补给品 (bǔ jǐ pǐn) — supplies, provisions (often military or for expeditions)

Definition

noun
suppliesprovisions (often military or for expeditions)
Measure word · 批

Examples

  • 补给品。
    Bù duì xū yào gèng duō de bǔ jǐ pǐn.
    The troops need more supplies.
  • 补给品。
    Dēng shān duì dài le chōng zú de bǔ jǐ pǐn.
    The mountaineering team brought ample supplies.
  • 补给品。
    Zhèng fǔ xiàng zāi qū yùn sòng le bǔ jǐ pǐn.
    The government shipped supplies to the disaster area.

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.

补给supply
补bǔreplenish给gěigive
联合Coordinate
品pǐnitem

补给品 is a 品, an item, used for 补给, supplying.

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 補; 补 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
衤Written in full as衣yīclothes
Sound part声符shēngfú
甫
甫fǔ補bǔ
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 補 shows 衤 (clothes) beside 甫, which gives the sound; the simplified 补 is a later shorthand, so its shape is not the historical breakdown.

Open 补 →

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 給; 给 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
糸糸mì
Sound part声符shēngfú
合
合hé給gěi
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 給 uses 糸 (silk) for meaning and 合 for sound, and its old sense was rich, abundant, perhaps referring to precious silk; 给 is a later simplified form.

Open 给 →

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
Military & Defense

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