供应品 (gōng yìng pǐn) — supplies; provisions

Definition

noun

suppliesprovisions

供应品。
Zhè xiē gōng yìng pǐn shì gěi qián xiàn shì bīng de.
These supplies are for the soldiers at the front.
供应品。
Wǒ men xū yào gèng duō de yī liáo gōng yìng pǐn.
We need more medical supplies.
供应品。
Cāng kù lǐ duī mǎn le gè zhǒng gōng yìng pǐn.
The warehouse is piled high with all kinds of supplies.

Derived word

构词法gòucífǎ

后缀hòuzhuìSuffix

A fixed syllable at the end that turns the word into a noun, a person, a place or the like.

供应supply

联合Side by side

供应 means to provide, and 品 points to the provided 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.

亻共供

Meaning part形符xíngfú

亻Written in full as人rénperson

Sound part声符shēngfú

共

Same sound today

供 is made of 亻, a person, and 共, which gives the sound gòng.

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 應; 应 is its simplified writing.

䧹心應

Meaning part形符xíngfú

心心xīnheart

Sound part声符shēngfú

䧹

䧹䧹應yìng

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 應 pairs 心 (heart) with 䧹 as a sound part; the simplified 应 is a later shorthand and its parts are not the original components.

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.