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拍卖品 (pāi mài pǐn) — auction item; lot (in an auction)

Definition

noun
auction itemlot (in an auction)
Measure word · 件

Examples

  • 拍卖品。
    Zhè jiàn pāi mài pǐn zài pāi mài huì shàng mài chū le hěn gāo de jià gé.
    This auction item sold for a very high price at the auction.
  • 拍卖品。
    Suǒ yǒu pāi mài pǐn dōu jiāng zài xià wǔ sān diǎn kāi shǐ jìng pāi.
    All lots will start bidding at three o'clock in the afternoon.
  • 拍卖品。
    Tā zǐ xì jiǎn chá le měi yí jiàn pāi mài pǐn hòu cái jué dìng chū jià.
    He carefully inspected every auction item before deciding to bid.

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.

拍卖auction
拍pāibid卖màisell
联合Coordinate
品pǐnitem

拍卖 (bid-sell) marks 品 (item).

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
手手shǒuhand
Sound part声符shēngfú
白
白bái拍pāi
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

拍 puts 手 (hand) beside 白, which gives the pronunciation.

Open 拍 →

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 賣; 卖 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 賣 came from an older shape that joined 出 (go out) with 買 (buy), which gives the sound. The simplified 卖 is a later shorthand, so its parts are not the historical ones.

Open 卖 →

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
Business & Commerce

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