正品 (zhèng pǐn) — genuine product, authentic good (official/quali… | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

正品 (zhèngpǐn) means a 'genuine, authentic product' — the original, quality-assured item as opposed to a counterfeit or 仿制品.

noun

genuine productauthentic good (official/quality-assured, not counterfeit)

Measure word · 件

Examples

正品，。
Zhè ge bāo shì zhèng pǐn, bú shì fǎng zhì pǐn.
This bag is an authentic product, not a copy.
正品。
Wǎng shàng mǎi zhèng pǐn yí dìng yào qù guān fāng diàn pù.
When buying genuine products online, you must go to the official store.
，正品。
Zhè ge shǒu jī yǒu bǎo xiū, yīn wèi shì zhèng pǐn.
This phone has a warranty because it's a genuine product.

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.

正zhènggenuine

正 (genuine) and 品 (goods) combine to mean authentic merchandise.

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

丁

丁dīng正zhèng

Same sound today

正 pairs 止 with 丁; 止 marks the sense and 丁 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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