新品 (xīn pǐn) — new product, new arrival

Definition

noun
new productnew arrival

Examples

  • 新品。
    Zhè jiā gōng sī zuì jìn tuī chū le jǐ kuǎn xīn pǐn.
    This company recently launched several new products.
  • 新品，。
    Wǒ men zhèng zài kāi fā yì kuǎn xīn pǐn, yù jì míng nián shàng shì.
    We are developing a new product, expected to launch next year.
  • 新品。
    Zhè xiē xīn pǐn hěn shòu nián qīng rén huān yíng.
    These new products are very popular among young people.

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.

新xīnnew
品pǐnproduct

"新" means new and "品" means item or product, referring to a newly released product.

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.

假借jiǎjièLater borrowed for its sound alone — the picture has nothing to do with today’s meaning.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
斤斤jīn
Sound part声符shēngfú
辛
辛xīn新xīn
Same sound today

The shape originally paired 斤, for chopping wood, with 辛 for sound. It was borrowed for its sound to write 新, so the chopping-wood parts are unrelated to 'new'.

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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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