<p>there’s a wiki page <a href="https://zh.wikiversity.org/zh-hant/Subject:%E8%8F%AF%E8%A3%BD%E6%96%B0%E6%BC%A2%E8%AA%9E%E5%8F%8A%E4%B8%AD%E6%96%87%E5%9B%BA%E6%9C%89%E8%AA%9E/%E5%9A%B4%E8%AD%AF%E5%8F%8A%E9%83%A8%E5%AE%9A%E8%A9%9E%E7%AD%89" rel="nofollow noreferrer">華製新漢語及中文固有語</a> mentioned:</p>
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<p>【官品】有機物、有機體、（官，即organ；品，謂一類事物。）</p>
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<p>that, 嚴復 invented this term </p>
<p>organ —&gt; 器<strong>官</strong></p>
<p>“品”, the same usage as “某一類東西的總稱”, like “必需品”, “補品”</p>
<p>have fun :)</p>

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2024-07-21T14:51:30.830Z
Thanks for the reference!
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官品 is not a good translation because organic compounds have nothing to do with 器官. If anything, 碳品 would be a better translation.
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2024-07-21T14:21:32.463Z
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<p>I have a question of &quot;organic compound 有機化合物&quot;. Here I quote the first sentence from <a href="https://zh-classical.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9C%89%E6%A9%9F%E5%8C%96%E5%90%88%E7%89%A9" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://zh-classical.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9C%89%E6%A9%9F%E5%8C%96%E5%90%88%E7%89%A9</a>.</p>
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<p>有機化合物，略作有機物，一譯<strong>官品</strong>，碳化合物也，為生命之本</p>
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<p>Why 有機化合物 is called 官品?</p>

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Translation of organic compound in classical Chinese
# Translation of organic compound in classical Chinese

(Asked by: username_0 on 2024-07-21)

I have a question of "organic compound 有機化合物". Here I quote the first sentence from <https://zh-classical.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9C%89%E6%A9%9F%E5%8C%96%E5%90%88%E7%89%A9>.

> 有機化合物，略作有機物，一譯**官品**，碳化合物也，為生命之本

Why 有機化合物 is called 官品?

**Tags:** meaning, etymology, classical-chinese

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2024-07-21. Score: 3 | Accepted answer

there’s a wiki page [華製新漢語及中文固有語](https://zh.wikiversity.org/zh-hant/Subject:%E8%8F%AF%E8%A3%BD%E6%96%B0%E6%BC%A2%E8%AA%9E%E5%8F%8A%E4%B8%AD%E6%96%87%E5%9B%BA%E6%9C%89%E8%AA%9E/%E5%9A%B4%E8%AD%AF%E5%8F%8A%E9%83%A8%E5%AE%9A%E8%A9%9E%E7%AD%89) mentioned:

> 【官品】有機物、有機體、（官，即organ；品，謂一類事物。）

that, 嚴復 invented this term

organ —> 器**官**

“品”, the same usage as “某一類東西的總稱”, like “必需品”, “補品”

have fun :)

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Thanks for the reference!  
> **username_2**: 官品 is not a good translation because organic compounds have nothing to do with 器官. If anything, 碳品 would be a better translation.  

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