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奖品 (jiǎng pǐn) — prize; award

Definition

奖品 is the physical prize itself — the object you win, like a trophy, a gift, or a computer. Distinct from 奖金 (cash) and 奖 (a more general word for prize/award).

noun
prizeaward
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 奖品。
    Tā yíng dé le bǐ sài de yī děng jiǎng jiǎng pǐn.
    She won the first prize in the competition.
  • 奖品。
    Zhǔ bàn fāng zhǔn bèi le fēng hòu de jiǎng pǐn gěi cān yù zhě.
    The organizers prepared generous prizes for the participants.
  • 奖品。
    Gōng sī nián zhōng chōu jiǎng de jiǎng pǐn shì yì tái diàn nǎo.
    The prize for the company's year-end lottery is a computer.

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.

奖jiǎngreward
品pǐnitem

奖 (reward) and 品 (item) together mean a prize item given for achievement.

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 獎; 奖 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
犬犬quǎndog
Sound part声符shēngfú
將
將jiāng獎jiǎng
Same sound today

The traditional form 獎 pairs 將 as a sound part with 犬, a dog; the simplified 奖 is a later shorthand. The evidence says the dog part's meaning is unclear, perhaps referring to guiding a dog by voice.

Open 奖 →

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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