Learn Chinese Characters

Meaning

conduct; grade; thing; product; good

Chinese: 物品、品质或等级。

Hear the Four Tones

The same syllable “pin” becomes a different word in each tone. 品 is the 3rd tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.

Stroke Order

Tap Animate to watch the strokes in order, or Practice to trace it yourself.

Common Words

  • 作品zuò pǐnwork (of art); opus
  • 食品shí pǐnfoodstuff; food; provisions
  • 商品shāng pǐncommodity; goods; merchandise
  • 产品chǎn pǐngoods; merchandise; product
  • 品质pǐn zhìcharacter; intrinsic quality (of a person); quality (of a product or service, or as in "quality of life", "air quality" etc)

Example Sentence

这家商店的产品质量很好。Zhè jiā shāng diàn de chǎn pǐn zhì liàng hěn hǎo.The products of this shop are of good quality.

Zhèthisjiāhome商店shāng diànstoredeof产品chǎn pǐngoods质量zhì liàng(physics) masshěnveryhǎogood

Go deeper

Where this character comes from

Three mouths/vessels (口) stacked: a crowd of items — ‘an article, product, goods; rank, grade; character, quality; to taste, sample’ (产品, 品质, 品尝).

A way to remember it

Three 口 stacked — goods; grade; to taste.