商品 (shāng pǐn) — commodity; goods; product | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

General word for goods or products bought and sold. 货 is a more casual spoken alternative; 产品 emphasizes manufactured products.

noun

commoditygoodsproduct

Measure word · 个

Examples

商品。
Zhè jiā shāng diàn de shāng pǐn hěn pián yi.
The goods in this store are very cheap.
商品。
Wǎng shàng kě yǐ mǎi dào gè zhǒng shāng pǐn.
You can buy all kinds of products online.
商品。
Tā mǎi le yì xiāng shāng pǐn.
He bought a box of goods.

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.

商shāngcommerce

商 (commerce) plus 品 (goods) gives goods sold in trade.

Characters in this word

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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.

Appears in

HSK 3.0 Level 4 HSK 2.0 Level 5 Business & Commerce

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