纪念品 (jì niàn pǐn) — souvenir; keepsake; memento

Definition

noun

souvenirkeepsakememento

Measure word · 件

纪念品。
Wǒ zài lǚ yóu jǐng diǎn mǎi le yí gè jì niàn pǐn.
I bought a souvenir at the tourist attraction.
纪念品。
Zhè fèn jì niàn pǐn shì wǒ cóng rì běn dài huí lái de.
This souvenir is one I brought back from Japan.
纪念品。
Tā bǎ zhè xiē jì niàn pǐn dōu shōu zài hé zi lǐ.
He keeps all these souvenirs in a box.

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.

纪念commemorate

联合Coordinate

纪 (record) and 念 (remember) give a commemorative sense, and 品 (item) makes it a keepsake.

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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 紀; 纪 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

糸糸mìsilk

Sound part声符shēngfú

己

Same sound today

The traditional form 紀 pairs 糸, silk, with 己 as the sound part; the simplified 纪 is a shorthand.

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

亼心念

念 combines 今, an upside-down mouth, with 心, the heart, to listen to one's heart.

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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