次品 cìpǐn substandard products
substandard products; defective; seconds
How to remember 次品: 次 time + 品 article = substandard products.
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How it is used
- A substandard / defective product, a 'second' - 这批货有次品 (zhè pī huò yǒu cìpǐn) this batch has defective units.
- Manufacturing/quality-control term; 次 here means inferior grade.
- Contrast 正品 (zhèngpǐn, genuine/first-quality goods) and 废品 (fèipǐn, scrap/waste): 次品 is flawed but often still sold cheaply.