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货品 (huò pǐn) — goods; commodities; merchandise

Definition

noun
goodscommoditiesmerchandise
Measure word · 件

Examples

  • 货品，。
    Zhè pī huò pǐn de zhì liàng hěn hǎo, hěn shòu huān yíng.
    This batch of goods is of good quality and very popular.
  • 货品，。
    Shāng diàn lǐ de huò pǐn zhǒng lèi hěn duō, gù kè kě yǐ màn màn tiāo xuǎn.
    The store has a wide variety of merchandise, and customers can take their time choosing.
  • 货品。
    Zhè jiā gōng sī zhǔ yào jīng yíng diàn zǐ huò pǐn.
    This company mainly deals in electronic goods.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

货huògoods
品pǐnarticles/products

货 and 品 both point to items for trade, together meaning goods or commodities.

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 貨; 货 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
貝貝bèishell, money
Sound part声符shēngfú
化
化huà貨huò
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 貨 pairs 化 (sound) with 貝 (shell, money) to write valuable goods; the simplified 货 is a shorthand.

Open 货 →

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
Business & Commerce

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