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小报 (xiǎo bào) — tabloid (sensationalist newspaper)

Definition

小报 refers to tabloid-style newspapers that feature celebrity gossip, scandals, and sensational stories rather than serious news. The measure word is 份.

noun
tabloid (sensationalist newspaper)
Measure word · 份

Examples

  • 小报。
    Tā ài kàn jiē biān mài de xiǎo bào.
    He likes reading tabloids sold on the street.
  • 。
    Nà jiā xiǎo bào jīng cháng bào dǎo míng xīng de sī shēng huó.
    That tabloid often reports on celebrities' private lives.
  • 小报。
    Zhè xiē xiǎo bào de nèi róng cháng cháng bú tài kě kào.
    The content of these tabloids is often not very reliable.

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.

小xiǎosmall
报bàonewspaper

小 means small, and 报 means newspaper, together referring to a small or sensational paper.

Characters in this word

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

  • 八八bāto divide; to separate
  • 丨丨gǔnsmall object

The shape of 小 comes from three small dots, later elongated into its strokes; the apparent parts 八 and 丨 are a later way of seeing it.

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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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