HSK 6 · Society

情报 qíngbào “intelligence” in Chinese

Traditional 情報

What 情报 means

  1. intelligence
  2. information

How to say 情报

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale情qíng2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale报bào4th tone, falling

情报 in a sentence

  1. 他们根据情报采取行动。

    Tāmen gēnjù qíngbào cǎiqǔ xíngdòng.

    They took action based on the information.

    Sentence #8882018 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 我们得到了一份有趣的情报。

    Wǒmen dédào le yí fèn yǒuqù de qíngbào.

    We received an interesting piece of information.

    Sentence #804574 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 约翰不断收集情报。

    Yuēhàn búduàn shōují qíngbào.

    John kept on gathering information.

    Sentence #13524164 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 情报 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 情 (qíng) with each of its parts in a different colour
情qíngfeelings; emotion; sentiment; passion
  • 忄heart form of 心 · xīnMeaning part
  • 青blue-green · qīngSound part

忄 hints at the meaning (heart); 青 (qīng) hints at the sound. Compare it with qíng.

The character 报 (bào) with each of its parts in a different colour
报bàoto report; to inform; to announce
  • 扌hand form of 手 · shǒu
  • 卩seal · jié
  • 又again · yòu

How to write 情报

情 11 strokes · 报 7 strokes

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

Words related to 情报

Words with 情

事情shìqing · matter热情rèqíng · cordial爱情àiqíng · romance感情gǎnqíng · emotion同情tóngqíng · to sympathise with心情xīnqíng · mood情况qíngkuàng · circumstances表情biǎoqíng · (facial) expression情绪qíngxù · mood情景qíngjǐng · scene

Words with 报

报纸bàozhǐ · newspaper报名bàomíng · to sign up报道bàodào · to report (news)报到bàodào · to report for duty报告bàogào · to inform预报yùbào · forecast报社bàoshè · newspaper office报仇bàochóu · to take revenge报答bàodá · to repay (a kindness)报复bàofu · to retaliate

More words: Society & Law

抢劫qiǎngjié · to rob强制qiángzhì · compulsory谴责qiǎnzé · to condemn侵犯qīnfàn · to infringe歧视qíshì · to discriminate against权威quánwēi · authority取缔qǔdì · to ban群众qúnzhòng · the masses

FAQs

情报 (qíngbào) means “intelligence” or “information”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it qíngbào: qíng with a 2nd tone, then bào with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 情报 is written 情報. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type qingbao with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 情报 from the suggestions. Typing qingbao into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
情报 is an HSK 6 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.