pǐn = pi + (e)n3
(bound form) article; commodity; product; goods / (bound form) grade; rank / kind; type; variety / character; disposition; nature; temperament / to taste sth; to sample / to criticize; to comment; to judge; to size up / fret (on a guitar or lute)
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How to pronounce 品

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= pi initial

Pi is for Pocahontas.

By Matthias • updated about 2 months ago
+ (e)n3 final

In the encampment’s living room.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago

品 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
kǒu = k + ou3
mouth / classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) / classifier for bites or mouthfuls
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Characters with 品 as component

lín = li + (e)n2
to face / to overlook / to arrive / to be (just) about to / just before
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bǎn = b + an3
see 老闆|老板, boss
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= qu + Ø1
area / region / district / small / distinguish / CL:個|个[ge4]
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Words with 品

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drugs / narcotics / poison
work (of art) / opus / CL:部[bu4],篇[pian1]
articles / goods / materials

Sentences with 品

wèi
kāi
pán
táo
shèng
huì
 
 
zhǔn
bèi
guǒ
pǐn

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pǐn

(bound form) article; commodity; product; goods / (bound form) grade; rank / kind; type; variety / character; disposition; nature; temperament / to taste sth; to sample / to criticize; to comment; to judge; to size up / fret (on a guitar or lute)

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