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报纸 bàozhǐ “newspaper” in Chinese

Traditional 報紙

What 报纸 means

  1. newspaper
  2. newsprint

Measure word 份 fèn or 期 qī · 一份报纸 yí fèn bàozhǐ

How to say 报纸

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale报bào4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale纸zhǐ3rd tone, dipping

报纸 in a sentence

  1. 今天的报纸我还没有看。

    Jīntiān de bàozhǐ wǒ hái méiyǒu kàn.

    I haven’t read today’s paper yet.

    Sentence #599116 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 我每天早上都读报纸。

    Wǒ měitiān zǎoshang dōu dú bàozhǐ.

    I read the newspaper every morning.

    Sentence #11837172 from Tatoeba

  3. 那家店卖报纸和杂志。

    Nà jiā diàn mài bàozhǐ hé zázhì.

    That shop sells newspapers and magazines.

    Sentence #349668 from Tatoeba

How 报纸 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 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
The character 纸 (zhǐ) with each of its parts in a different colour
纸zhǐpaper 张,沓)
  • 纟silk form of 糸 · mìMeaning part
  • 氏clan · shìSound part

纟 hints at the meaning (silk); 氏 (shì) hints at the sound. Compare it with zhǐ.

How to write 报纸

报 7 strokes · 纸 7 strokes

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

Words related to 报纸

Words with 报

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报酬bàochou · pay

Words with 纸

纸zhǐ · paper

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FAQs

报纸 (bàozhǐ) means “newspaper” or “newsprint”. It is an HSK 2 word, so it is one of the words learners meet early.
Say it bàozhǐ: bào with a 4th tone, then zhǐ with a 3rd 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, 报纸 is written 報紙. The pronunciation is the same.
Use 份 (fèn) or 期 (qī). For example, one newspaper is 一份报纸 (yí fèn bàozhǐ).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type baozhi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 报纸 from the suggestions. Typing baozhi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
报纸 is an HSK 2 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.