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产品 (chǎn pǐn) — product; goods; merchandise

Definition

产品 is a general 'product' (what a company makes or sells), broader than 商品 (a product ready to be sold on the market). 产物 is a more literary 'product / result' of a process, not merchandise.

noun
productgoodsmerchandise
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 产品。
    Zhè jiā gōng sī de chǎn pǐn hěn shòu huān yíng.
    This company's products are very popular.
  • 产品。
    Wǒ men xū yào tí gāo chǎn pǐn de zhì liàng.
    We need to improve the quality of the products.
  • 产品。
    Měi gè chǎn pǐn dōu yǒu bù tóng de yòng tú.
    Each product has a different use.

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.

产chǎnproduction
品pǐngoods

产 means production and 品 means goods; together they mean produced goods.

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 產; 产 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
生生shēngto be born
Sound part声符shēngfú
彥
彥yàn產chǎn
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 產 pairs 生, "to be born," with 彥 as a sound part; the simplified 产 is a shorthand.

Open 产 →

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 →
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