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晚报 (wǎn bào) — evening newspaper

Definition

noun
evening newspaper
Measure word · 份

Examples

  • 晚报。
    Wǒ měi tiān xià bān hòu dōu huì mǎi yí fèn wǎn bào.
    I buy an evening newspaper every day after work.
  • 晚报。
    Zhè fèn wǎn bào shàng de xīn wén bǐ zǎo bào gèng xiáng xì.
    The news in this evening paper is more detailed than in the morning paper.
  • 晚报。
    Yé ye xǐ huan zài wǎn fàn hòu kàn wǎn bào.
    Grandpa likes to read the evening paper after dinner.

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.

晚wǎnevening
报bàonewspaper

晚 means evening, and 报 means newspaper, giving an evening paper.

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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
日日rì
Sound part声符shēngfú
免
免miǎn晚wǎn
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

晚 pairs 日, the sun part, with 免, which supplies the sound.

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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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