报界 (bào jiè) — the press; journalistic circles; journalists

Definition

noun
the pressjournalistic circlesjournalists

Examples

  • 报界。
    bào jiè Duì zhè cì shì jiàn jìn xíng le guǎng fàn bào dào.
    The press gave extensive coverage to this event.
  • 报界，。
    Tā zài bào jiè gōng zuò le hěn duō nián, jīng yàn fēng fù.
    He has worked in journalistic circles for many years and is very experienced.
  • 报界。
    bào jiè De jiān dū zuò yòng zài xiàn dài shè huì fēi cháng zhòng yào.
    The watchdog role of the press is very important in modern society.

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
界jièfield/circle

报 means newspaper and 界 means field or circle; together they refer to the newspaper world.

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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
田田tiánfield
Sound part声符shēngfú
介
介jiè界jiè
Same sound today

界 is built from 田 (field) and 介. 田 carries the meaning, while 介 gives the sound.

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