奢侈品 (shē chǐ pǐn) — luxury goods, luxury item | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

luxury goodsluxury item

Measure word · 件

Examples

奢侈品。
Tā mǎi le hěn duō shē chǐ pǐn.
She bought a lot of luxury goods.
奢侈品。
Zhè ge shāng chǎng mài de dōu shì shē chǐ pǐn pǐn pái.
This mall sells only luxury brands.
奢侈品，。
Tā bù zhuī qiú shē chǐ pǐn, zhī xiǎng guò jiǎn dān de shēng huó.
He doesn't pursue luxury goods; he just wants to live a simple life.

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.

奢侈luxurious

奢shēextravagant侈chǐextravagant

联合Coordinate

奢 and 侈 both convey extravagance, and 品 means goods.

Characters in this word

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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rénperson

Sound part声符shēngfú

多

多duō侈chǐ

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

侈 is built from 人 (person) plus 多, which supplies the sound.

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

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