水产品 meaning in English
aquatic products (including fish, crabs, seaweed etc)
Meaning of 水产品
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
- aquatic products (including fish, crabs, seaweed etc)
How to use 水产品
水产品 is a fairly formal word you see on market signs, supermarket sections, food labels and news about trade or food safety. In everyday talk people usually just name the item, like 鱼 (yú) or 虾 (xiā). Example: 这家超市的水产品很新鲜。(Zhè jiā chāoshì de shuǐchǎnpǐn hěn xīnxiān.) The seafood at this supermarket is very fresh.
Break it into three parts: 水 (shuǐ) water, 产 (chǎn) to produce, and 品 (pǐn) goods. Things the water produces become goods you can buy, like fish, shrimp, crabs and seaweed.
Common mistake: Learners often mix up 产品 (chǎnpǐn, product) with 作品 (zuòpǐn, a work of art). 水产品 is always about goods, never about creative works. Also keep 产 in third tone, chǎn, not chán.
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水 shuǐ · water · 4 strokes
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产 chǎn · to give birth · 6 strokes
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品 pǐn · article · 9 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 水产品.
| 水果 | shuǐguǒ | fruit |
| 水平 | shuǐpíng | horizontal; level; a standard; a level (of ability, development etc) |
| 药水 | yàoshuǐ | medicine in liquid form; bottled medicine |
| 作品 | zuòpǐn | work (of art); opus |
| 产生 | chǎnshēng | to arise; to come into being; to come about; to give rise to; to bring into being; to brin |
| 生产 | shēngchǎn | to produce; to manufacture; to give birth to a child |
| 食品 | shípǐn | foodstuff; food; provisions |
| 商品 | shāngpǐn | commodity; goods; merchandise |
| 凉水 | liángshuǐ | cool water; unboiled water |
| 财产 | cáichǎn | property; assets |
| 产品 | chǎnpǐn | goods; merchandise |
| 破产 | pòchǎn | to go bankrupt; to become impoverished |
Questions about 水产品
What does 水产品 mean?
水产品 (shuǐchǎnpǐn) means "aquatic products (including fish, crabs, seaweed etc)" and is used as a noun.
How do you write 水产品?
水产品 is made of 3 characters: 水 (4 strokes), 产 (6 strokes), 品 (9 strokes). That is 19 strokes in total.
Is 水产品 an HSK word?
Yes. 水产品 is on the HSK 5 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
How is 水产品 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 水产品 is written 水產品.
Is 水产品 the same as 海鲜?
Not exactly. 海鲜 (hǎixiān) means seafood from the sea and is common when talking about eating. 水产品 also covers freshwater products such as river fish and lake shrimp, and it sounds more official.
Can I use 水产 without 品?
Yes. 水产 (shuǐchǎn) is also used, often for the industry or in names, as in 水产市场 (shuǐchǎn shìchǎng), an aquatic products market. 水产品 focuses more on the actual goods.