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品位 (pǐn wèi) — (aesthetic) taste, refinement; quality, grade (of products, works, etc.)

Definition

品位 is a noun meaning one's cultivated taste or the quality grade of a product/work. Use 档次 for plain quality tier ranking; 精美 describes fine-looking things (adjective).

noun
(aesthetic) tasterefinementqualitygrade (of products, works, etc.)
Easily confused

Examples

  • 品位。
    Tā de yīn yuè pǐn wèi hěn gāo.
    He has very high musical taste.
  • 品位。
    Zhè kuǎn hóng jiǔ de pǐn wèi bú cuò.
    This red wine is of good quality.
  • 品位。
    Tā jiā de zhuāng xiū fēng gé hěn yǒu pǐn wèi.
    Her home's decoration style shows great taste.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

品pǐngrade; quality; taste
位wèirank; grade

品 can mean grade or taste, and 位 can mean rank, so 品位 denotes a quality rank or taste.

Characters in this word

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.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
人人rénman
Sound part声符shēngfú
立
立lì位wèi
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

位 combines 人 (man), related to people, with 立, which gives the sound. It was often simply written as 立.

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HSK 3.0 Level 7-9Art & Fine ArtsGood & Bad

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