工艺品 (gōng yì pǐn) — handicraft; handiwork | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

handicrafthandiwork

Measure word · 个

Examples

工艺品。
Zhè jiàn gōng yì pǐn hěn jīng měi.
This handicraft is very exquisite.
工艺品。
Tā xǐ huan shōu jí gè zhǒng gōng yì pǐn.
She likes to collect all kinds of handicrafts.
工艺品。
Zhè jiā diàn mài de shì dāng dì tè sè gōng yì pǐn.
This shop sells local specialty handicrafts.

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.

工艺craft

工gōngwork艺yìart

联合Coordinate

品pǐnarticle

工艺 brings craft and art, while 品 gives an article, so the word names a made object of skilled work.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The shape of 工 is a picture of a bladed tool used to plow ground or mark a border; some read it as a carpenter's square.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

艹乙艺

Meaning part形符xíngfú

艹Written in full as艸cǎo

Sound part声符shēngfú

乙

乙yǐ艺yì

Same sound today

In 艺, the top 艹 points to plants, and the lower 乙 gives 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.

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HSK 2.0 Level 6 Crafts & Handiwork

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