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装饰品 (zhuāng shì pǐn) — ornament, decorative item

Definition

noun
ornamentdecorative item
Measure word · 件

Examples

  • 装饰品。
    Zhè ge zhuāng shì pǐn hěn piào liang.
    This ornament is very beautiful.
  • 装饰品。
    Tā xǐ huan shōu jí gè zhǒng zhuāng shì pǐn.
    She likes collecting all kinds of ornaments.
  • 装饰品。
    Shāng diàn lǐ mài hěn duō zhuāng shì pǐn.
    The store sells many ornaments.

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.

装饰adorn
装zhuāngdress饰shìadorn
联合Coordinate
品pǐnitem

装饰 means to adorn and 品 means item, so it is an item used for adornment.

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 裝; 装 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
衣衣yīclothes
Sound part声符shēngfú
壯
壯zhuàng裝zhuāng
Same sound today

The traditional form 裝 pairs 衣 (clothes) with 壯 as a sound part; this story is about 裝, not the simplified 装.

Open 装 →

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 飾; 饰 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
巾巾jīncloth
Sound part声符shēngfú
飤
飤sì飾shì
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 飾 pairs 巾 (cloth) with 飤 as a sound part; the simplified 饰 is a later abbreviation.

Open 饰 →

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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