赠品 (zèng pǐn) — free gift; giveaway (promotional item) | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

free giftgiveaway (promotional item)

Measure word · 个

Examples

赠品。
Wǒ zài shāng chǎng mǎi dōng xī shí shōu dào le yí gè miǎn fèi zèng pǐn.
I received a free gift when shopping at the mall.
赠品。
Zhè jiā gōng sī jīng cháng sòng zèng pǐn gěi xīn kè hù.
This company often gives free gifts to new customers.
，赠品。
Mǎi shǒu jī de shí hou, diàn yuán gào sù wǒ yǒu hěn duō zèng pǐn kě yǐ xuǎn.
When buying a phone, the clerk told me there were many free gifts to choose from.

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.

The idea of 赠 as giving combines with 品 as item to mean a free gift.

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 贈; 赠 is its simplified writing.

貝曾贈

Meaning part形符xíngfú

貝貝bèi

Sound part声符shēngfú

曾

曾céng贈zèng

Same sound today

The traditional form 贈 combines 貝 with 曾, which supplies the sound; the simplified 赠 is a shorthand.

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.

Appears in

Marketing & Sales

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