报摊 (bào tān) — newsstand | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

newsstand

Measure word · 个

Examples

报摊。
Tā zài bào tān mǎi le yí fèn bào zhǐ.
He bought a newspaper at the newsstand.
报摊。
Zhè ge bào tān de zá zhì zhǒng lèi hěn duō.
This newsstand has a wide variety of magazines.
报摊，。
Jiē jiǎo yǒu gè bào tān, kě yǐ mǎi dào dāng tiān de bào zhǐ.
There's a newsstand on the corner where you can buy the day's newspapers.

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.

报bàonewspaper

摊tānstall

报 points to newspapers and 摊 to a stall, together naming a newsstand.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 報; 报 is its simplified writing.

㚔㚔㚔handcuffs
𠬝𠬝𠬝to subdue

The traditional form 報 puts 㚔 (handcuffs) beside 𠬝 (to subdue), showing someone restrained and subdued, as in convicting or punishing a guilty person. The simplified 报 is a later shorthand.

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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 攤; 摊 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

手手shǒuhand

Sound part声符shēngfú

難

難nán攤tān

Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 攤 uses 手 (hand) and 難 for sound.

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