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年报 (nián bào) — annual report

Definition

noun
annual report
Measure word · 份

Examples

  • 年报。
    Zhè fèn nián bào xū yào xià zhōu wǔ zhī qián tí jiāo.
    This annual report needs to be submitted before next Friday.
  • 年报。
    Gōng sī de nián bào xiǎn shì lì rùn zēng zhǎng le.
    The company's annual report shows an increase in profits.
  • 年报。
    Tā huā le sān tiān shí jiān xiě nián bào.
    He spent three days writing the annual report.

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.

年niányear
报bàoreport

年 means year, and 报 means report; the sense is a report covering a year.

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
禾禾héwheat; grain
Sound part声符shēngfú
人
人rén年nián
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

年 pairs 禾 (grain) with 人, which gives the sound. Its original meaning was harvest, and it later came to mean a year.

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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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