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体育版 (tǐ yù bǎn) — sports page (of a newspaper)

Definition

noun
sports page (of a newspaper)
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 体育版。
    Wǒ xǐ huan kàn bào zhǐ de tǐ yù bǎn.
    I like reading the sports pages of the newspaper.
  • 体育版。
    Jīn tiān de tǐ yù bǎn yǒu jīng cǎi de bǐ sài bào dào.
    Today's sports page has exciting game coverage.
  • 体育版。
    tǐ yù bǎn Shàng dēng le tā huò jiǎng de xiāo xi.
    The sports page published the news of his award.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

体育sports
体tǐbody/physical育yùeducation
偏正Modifier + head
版bǎnpage

体育 covers physical training and 版 is a newspaper page, giving the sports page.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 體; 体 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
骨骨gǔbone
Sound part声符shēngfú
豊
豊lǐ體tǐ
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 體 pairs 骨 (bone) with 豊 as a sound part; this note is about 體, not about the parts of 体.

Open 体 →

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

Open 育 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
片片piàn
Sound part声符shēngfú
反
反fǎn版bǎn
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

版 is formed by 片 and 反, with 片 contributing the sense and 反 the sound.

Open 版 →
Appears in
Media & NewsSports & Athletics

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