一品红 (yī pǐn gōng) — poinsettia | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

poinsettia

Measure word · 棵

，一品红。
Shèng dàn jié de shí hou, hěn duō rén huì mǎi yī pǐn gōng fàng zài jiā lǐ.
At Christmas, many people buy poinsettias to put in their homes.
一品红。
Zhè pén yī pǐn gōng kāi dé zhēn piào liang.
This potted poinsettia is blooming beautifully.
一品红，。
yī pǐn gōng De yè zi shì hóng sè de, fēi cháng hǎo kàn.
The leaves of the poinsettia are red and very attractive.

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.

一品first grade

偏正Modifier + head

一品 and 红 combine to name a prized red plant.

Characters in this word

An abstract idea shown by a mark or a diagram rather than by a picture of an object.

一 is drawn as one horizontal stroke, marking the number one.

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.

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 紅; 红 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

糸糸mìsilk

Sound part声符shēngfú

工

Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 紅 puts 糸 (silk) next to 工, which gives the sound; the simplified 红 is a later shorthand.