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Word and Radical Components of 食品

The Chinese word 食品 is analysed below into its constituent words and the words into radicals. By seeing the breakdown of the word in this way you can more easily learn and recognise the word.


Component Pinyin Meanings
食品 shípǐn 1. n. food; foodstuff
     加工 食品 - processed food
     罐裝 食品 - canned food
     轉基因 食品 - genetically modified food
     焙烤 食品 - baked goods
     醃製 食品 - cured foods
     海產 食品 - seafood
     不准 食品 飲料。 - No food or drinks inside.
     食品 安全和諧 萬家。 - Safe food, safe community.
2. usage. There is no exact equivalent for English food in Chinese. The most generic term for food is 料理.

食品 ⇨ 食 + 品
Component Pinyin Meanings
shí 1. (literary or Cantonese, Hakka) to eat; to have a meal; to take in
      ? - Have you eaten yet?
     中國人 筷子 食飯 。 - Chinese people use chopsticks to eat with.
      sing1kei4 朋友 一齊 晚飯。 - Last Sunday, I ate dinner together with my friends.
2. (dialectal Cantonese, Hakka) to drink
3. (Cantonese, Hakka, Min) to smoke
     食煙 - sik6 jin1 - to smoke, C
4. (Cantonese, board games) to capture
      盲棋kei4-2 時候geoi1 可以 paau3、zeot1。 - When playing blind chess, a rook can capture knights, cannons, advisors, bishops or pawns.
5. (Cantonese, mahjong) Short for 食糊 (gloss=to win)
6. (Cantonese, figuratively) to receive; to accept; to absorb
     硬食 - ngaang6 sik6 - , C
7. (Cantonese) to hit on; to flirt
     食女 - sik6 neoi5-2 - , C
8. =====Usage notes=====
9. (Coastal Min) to eat; to have a meal
     食飯 (chia̍h-pn̄g) - to eat rice; to have a meal, MN
      ? (Lí chia̍h pá bōe?) - Have you eaten yet?, MN
10. (Coastal Min) to drink
     食茶 (ziah8 tê5) - to drink tea, MN-T
      燒酒 (chia̍h sio-chiú) - to drink rice wine, MN
11. (Coastal Min) to take in; to inhale
     食薰 (chia̍h-hun) - to inhale smoke; to smoke, MN
12. (Hokkien, Teochew) to embezzle (money)
     食鐳lui (chia̍h-lui) - to embezzle money, MN
13. (Hokkien, mahjong) to chow
14. (Teochew, Penang Hokkien) cuisine
     (syn, zh, )
     廣東 ((rftranslit, zhx-teo) - Guangdong food, MN-T)
15. =====Usage notes=====
16. (Inland Min) Alternative form of 饁 (-, t=to eat)
      yì-jī (Lì Yìjī) - Li Yiji (an advisor to Liu Bang)
pǐn 1. article; item; product; commodity
     商品 - merchandise
     食品 - foodstuff
2. personality; character
3. grade; level; rank; class
4. (musical instrument, of a string instrument) fret
5. to taste

食 ⇨ 亽 + 艮
Component Pinyin Meanings
1. Variant of 亼
gèn 1. stopping
gěn 2. one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦, symbolizing mountains. (☶)
3. (dialectal) blunt; straightforward
4. (dialectal) tough, chewy

品 ⇨ 口 + 吅
Component Pinyin Meanings
kǒu 1. (anatomy) mouth, especially the lips and internal mouth cavity
      。 (Shù shù nǐ de kǒu.) - Rinse your mouth out.
      出自 聽來 令人 奇怪。 (Zhè huà chūzì nǐ de kǒu, tīnglái lìngrén qíguài.) - This sounds strange in your mouth.
2. entrance; opening; mouth (of an object)
     入口 (rùkǒu) - entrance
     出口 (chūkǒu) - exit
     門口 (ménkǒu) - doorway
3. gateway
     張家口 (Zhāngjiākǒu) - Zhangjiakou
     口北 (Kǒuběi) - the area beyond the Great Wall
     口蘑 (kǒumó) - St. George's mushroom (Calocybe gambosa)
4. hole; cut
     口子zi (kǒuzi) - hole
     傷口 (shāngkǒu) - wound
5. port
     電腦 端口 (shāngkǒu) - computer port
     Csēi (sēikǒu) - USB-C port
6. perimeter
     人口 (rénkǒu) - population
     戶口 (hùkǒu) - hukou
7. government organ; department
      (sān kǒu zhī jiā) - a family of three
      可以 ? (Wǒ kěyǐ chī yī kǒu ma?) - Can I have a bite?
8. (neologism, slang) to fellate
9. Variant of 名
1. Variant of 鄰
2. Variant of 喧
3. Variant of 訟

亽 ⇨ + 丶
Component Pinyin Meanings
1.
zhǔ 1. dot
2. (An ancient punctuation mark.)
3. Alternative form of 主 (-)

吅 ⇨ 口 + 口
Component Pinyin Meanings
kǒu 1. (anatomy) mouth, especially the lips and internal mouth cavity
      。 (Shù shù nǐ de kǒu.) - Rinse your mouth out.
      出自 聽來 令人 奇怪。 (Zhè huà chūzì nǐ de kǒu, tīnglái lìngrén qíguài.) - This sounds strange in your mouth.
2. entrance; opening; mouth (of an object)
     入口 (rùkǒu) - entrance
     出口 (chūkǒu) - exit
     門口 (ménkǒu) - doorway
3. gateway
     張家口 (Zhāngjiākǒu) - Zhangjiakou
     口北 (Kǒuběi) - the area beyond the Great Wall
     口蘑 (kǒumó) - St. George's mushroom (Calocybe gambosa)
4. hole; cut
     口子zi (kǒuzi) - hole
     傷口 (shāngkǒu) - wound
5. port
     電腦 端口 (shāngkǒu) - computer port
     Csēi (sēikǒu) - USB-C port
6. perimeter
     人口 (rénkǒu) - population
     戶口 (hùkǒu) - hukou
7. government organ; department
      (sān kǒu zhī jiā) - a family of three
      可以 ? (Wǒ kěyǐ chī yī kǒu ma?) - Can I have a bite?
8. (neologism, slang) to fellate
9. Variant of 名
kǒu 1. (anatomy) mouth, especially the lips and internal mouth cavity
      。 (Shù shù nǐ de kǒu.) - Rinse your mouth out.
      出自 聽來 令人 奇怪。 (Zhè huà chūzì nǐ de kǒu, tīnglái lìngrén qíguài.) - This sounds strange in your mouth.
2. entrance; opening; mouth (of an object)
     入口 (rùkǒu) - entrance
     出口 (chūkǒu) - exit
     門口 (ménkǒu) - doorway
3. gateway
     張家口 (Zhāngjiākǒu) - Zhangjiakou
     口北 (Kǒuběi) - the area beyond the Great Wall
     口蘑 (kǒumó) - St. George's mushroom (Calocybe gambosa)
4. hole; cut
     口子zi (kǒuzi) - hole
     傷口 (shāngkǒu) - wound
5. port
     電腦 端口 (shāngkǒu) - computer port
     Csēi (sēikǒu) - USB-C port
6. perimeter
     人口 (rénkǒu) - population
     戶口 (hùkǒu) - hukou
7. government organ; department
      (sān kǒu zhī jiā) - a family of three
      可以 ? (Wǒ kěyǐ chī yī kǒu ma?) - Can I have a bite?
8. (neologism, slang) to fellate
9. Variant of 名