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快报 (kuài bào) — news flash; breaking news report; bulletin (often a wall poster or quick notice)

Definition

快报 is a short, fast-circulated report — either a breaking-news bulletin (as on TV) or a posted notice (as at a workplace). Emphasizes speed and brevity over full coverage.

noun
news flashbreaking news reportbulletin (often a wall poster or quick notice)
Measure word · 份

Examples

  • 快报。
    Diàn shì tái chā bō le yì tiáo jǐn jí kuài bào.
    The TV station interrupted the program with an urgent news flash.
  • 快报。
    Gōng sī mén kǒu tiē le yì zhāng zhāo pìn kuài bào.
    A recruitment bulletin was posted at the company entrance.
  • 快报。
    Zhè fèn kuài bào bào dào le zuì xīn de gǔ shì háng qíng.
    This news flash reports the latest stock market trends.

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.

快kuàiquick
报bàoreport

快 means quick and 报 means report; together they mean a quick news report.

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
忄Written in full as心xīn
Sound part声符shēngfú
夬
夬guài快kuài
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

快 pairs the left part 忄 (full form 心, the heart) with the right part 夬, which gives 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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