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精品 (jīng pǐn) — premium product, quality goods; fine work (of art)

Definition

精品 (jīngpǐn) names an object — a premium, carefully crafted product or work of art. Don't confuse it with 精英 ('elite people'): 精品 is a THING of high quality, 精英 are the PEOPLE considered the best.

noun
premium productquality goodsfine work (of art)
Measure word · 件

Examples

  • 精品，。
    Zhè jiā diàn zhī mài jīng pǐn, jià gé bú pián yi.
    This store only sells premium products, so the prices aren't cheap.
  • 精品。
    Zhè fú huà shì bó wù guǎn shōu cáng de jīng pǐn.
    This painting is a fine work collected by the museum.
  • 精品。
    Wǒ men gōng sī tuī chū le jǐ kuǎn jīng pǐn kā fēi.
    Our company has launched several premium coffee products.

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.

精jīngpremium
品pǐngoods

「精」 says fine or premium and 「品」 says goods, together meaning a premium 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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
米米mǐrice
Sound part声符shēngfú
青
青qīng精jīng
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

精 pairs 米 (rice) with 青, which gives the sound; the character originally meant polished rice.

Open 精 →

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 →
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