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小品 (xiǎo pǐn) — a comedic skit (especially for stage or TV, e.g., at the Spring Festival Gala); a short literary or artistic creation (vignette, essay, short piece)

Definition

小品 has two senses: a short comedic stage/TV skit (e.g., the Spring Festival Gala), and a short literary piece. For the writing sense, it is briefer and lighter than 文章 or 散文.

noun
a comedic skit (especially for stage or TV, e.g., at the Spring Festival Gala)a short literary or artistic creation (vignette, essay, short piece)
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 小品。
    Chūn jié wǎn huì shàng yǎn le yí gè fēi cháng gǎo xiào de xiǎo pǐn.
    A very funny skit was performed at the party.
  • 小品，。
    Tā nián qīng shí xiě guò yì xiē sǎn wén xiǎo pǐn, wén bǐ hěn qīng xīn.
    He wrote some short literary essays when he was young, with very fresh prose.
  • ，。
    Jīn nián de chūn jié wǎn huì, wǒ zuì xǐ huan nà ge guān yú jiā tíng de xiǎo pǐn.
    At this year's Spring Festival Gala, my favorite was the skit about family.

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.

小xiǎosmall
品pǐnpiece

小品 is a small piece: 小 means short or minor, and 品 means a work or item.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

  • 八八bāto divide; to separate
  • 丨丨gǔnsmall object

The shape of 小 comes from three small dots, later elongated into its strokes; the apparent parts 八 and 丨 are a later way of seeing it.

Open 小 →

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 →
Appears in
HSK 3.0 Level 7-9Film & Theater

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