上品 (shàng pǐn) — top grade, highest quality

Definition

noun

top gradehighest quality

上品，。
Zhè kuǎn chá shì shàng pǐn, wèi dào fēi cháng hǎo.
This tea is top grade; the flavor is excellent.
上品。
Tā shōu cáng de yù qì quán dōu shì shàng pǐn.
All the jade he collects is top grade.
，上品。
Zài gǔ dài, shàng pǐn cí qì zhǐ yǒu huáng jiā cái néng shǐ yòng.
In ancient times, top-grade porcelain could only be used by the royal family.

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.

上 gives the idea of top or upper, and 品 names grade or quality; together they mean the highest grade.

Characters in this word

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

上 is drawn as a short horizontal line placed above a longer arc, marking a position above that arc.

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.