试用品 (shì yòng pǐn) — trial product, sample product (given for free t…

Definition

noun

trial productsample product (given for free to test before purchase)

Measure word · 件

试用品。
Zhè jiā diàn miǎn fèi sòng shì yòng pǐn.
This store gives away free trial products.
试用品，。
Wǒ shōu dào le yí gè shì yòng pǐn, yòng qǐ lái hěn bú cuò.
I received a trial product, and it works very well.
试用品。
shì yòng pǐn De zhì liàng hé zhèng pǐn yí yàng hǎo.
The quality of trial products is as good as the regular products.

Derived word

构词法gòucífǎ

后缀hòuzhuìSuffix

A fixed syllable at the end that turns the word into a noun, a person, a place or the like.

试用try out

偏正Modifier + head

试用 is to try out, and 品 is a product, so it names something offered for trial.

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 試; 试 is its simplified writing.

言式試

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

式

Same sound today

The traditional form 試 puts 言 beside 式, and 式 gives the sound; the simplified 试 is the form of this character.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

用 was formed by adding a handle to an earlier form.

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.