HSK 5 · Money

商品 shāngpǐn “commodity” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 商品 means

  1. commodity
  2. goods
  3. merchandise

Measure word 件 jiàn · 一件商品 yí jiàn shāngpǐn

How to say 商品

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale商shāng1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale品pǐn3rd tone, dipping

商品 in a sentence

  1. 那商店里的商品全都打九折呢。

    Nà shāngdiàn lǐ de shāngpǐn quándōu dǎ jiǔ zhé ne.

    Everything in that shop is 10 per cent off.

    Sentence #429363 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 你可以来提货，我们也可以把商品送到您那里。

    Nǐ kěyǐ lái tíhuò, wǒmen yě kěyǐ bǎ shāngpǐn sòng dào nín nàli.

    You can come and collect the goods, or we can deliver them to you.

    Sentence #2665571 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 大量生产降低许多商品的价格。

    Dàliàng shēngchǎn jiàngdī xǔduō shāngpǐn de jiàgé.

    Mass production has lowered the price of many goods.

    Sentence #781080 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 商品 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 商 (shāng) with each of its parts in a different colour
商shāngcommerce
  • 亠lid · tóu
  • 丷eight form of 八 · bā
  • 冏bright · jiǒngMeaning part

冏 hints at the meaning (bright); 章 (zhāng) hints at the sound. Compare it with shāng.

The character 品 (pǐn) with each of its parts in a different colour
品pǐnarticle; commodity; product; goods
  • 口mouth · kǒu
  • 口mouth · kǒu
  • 口mouth · kǒu

How to write 商品

商 11 strokes · 品 9 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

商品 (shāngpǐn) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 商品 (shāngpǐn). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 商品

Words with 商

商店shāngdiàn · shop商场shāngchǎng · shopping mall商量shāngliang · to consult商业shāngyè · business经商jīngshāng · to be in business商务shāngwù · business磋商cuōshāng · to consult协商xiéshāng · to consult智商zhìshāng · IQ商标shāngbiāo · trademark

Words with 品

产品chǎnpǐn · product作品zuòpǐn · work (of art)日用品rìyòngpǐn · articles for daily use品尝pǐncháng · to taste次品cìpǐn · defective product毒品dúpǐn · drugs品种pǐnzhǒng · variety样品yàngpǐn · sample品德pǐndé · moral character品质pǐnzhì · quality

More words: Money & Economy

赔偿péicháng · to compensate破产pòchǎn · to go bankrupt欠qiàn · to owe人民币rénmínbì · Renminbi (RMB)商务shāngwù · business市场shìchǎng · marketplace税shuì · taxes损失sǔnshī · loss

FAQs

商品 (shāngpǐn) means “commodity” or “goods”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it shāngpǐn: shāng with a 1st tone, then pǐn with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 商品 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Use 件 (jiàn). For example, one commodity is 一件商品 (yí jiàn shāngpǐn).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type shangpin with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 商品 from the suggestions. Typing shangpin into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
商品 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.