展览品 (zhǎn lǎn pǐn) — exhibit; display item

Definition

noun

exhibitdisplay item

Measure word · 件

展览品，。
Zhè ge zhǎn lǎn pǐn fēi cháng zhēn guì, jià zhí hěn gāo.
This exhibit is very precious, of high value.
展览品。
Cān guān zhě kě yǐ jìn jù lí guān chá zhè xiē zhǎn lǎn pǐn.
Visitors can observe these exhibits up close.
展览品。
Měi gè zhǎn lǎn pǐn páng biān dōu yǒu xiáng xì de shuō míng wén zì.
Next to each exhibit there is detailed explanatory text.

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.

展览exhibition

联合Side by side

展览 means exhibition, and 品 is an item; together they describe something put on display.

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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

𧝑

𧝑𧝑展zhǎn

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

展 is built from 尸 and 𧝑. The 𧝑 part points to fine red silk clothes and also contains the idea of opening or extending.

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 覽; 览 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

見見jiànsee

Sound part声符shēngfú

監

監jiān覽lǎn

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

The traditional form 覽 uses 見, meaning see, for the sense and 監 for the sound; the simplified 览 is a later shorthand.

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.