试验品 (shì yàn pǐn) — experimental subject; guinea pig | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

experimental subjectguinea pig

Measure word · 个

Examples

试验品。
Zhè zhī gǒu shì yī yuàn de shì yàn pǐn.
This dog is the hospital's test subject.
试验品，。
Bié ràng wǒ zuò shì yàn pǐn, wǒ bù xiǎng shì zhè ge xīn yào.
Don't make me be a guinea pig, I don't want to try this new medicine.
试验品。
Gōng sī yòng bìng rén zuò shì yàn pǐn.
The company uses patients as test subjects.

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.

试验test

试shìtest验yànverify

联合Coordinate

试验 means a test, and 品 is an item, so the word is an item used in a test.

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 試; 试 is its simplified writing.

言式試

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

式

式shì試shì

Same sound today

The traditional form 試 puts 言 beside 式, and 式 gives the sound; the simplified 试 is the form of this character.

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 驗; 验 is its simplified writing.

馬僉驗

Meaning part形符xíngfú

馬馬mǎ

Sound part声符shēngfú

僉

僉qiān驗yàn

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 驗 pairs 馬 (horse) with 僉 for sound; the simplified 验 is a later abbreviation.

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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Science (General)

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