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报社 (bào shè) — newspaper (company or institution)

Definition

报社 is the newspaper company or organization, not the paper itself (that's 报纸). 报刊 is the broader term for the press/newspapers and periodicals as an industry.

noun
newspaper (company or institution)
Measure word · 家

Examples

  • 报社。
    Zhè jiā bào shè yǒu wǔ shí míng jì zhě.
    This newspaper company has fifty reporters.
  • 报社。
    Wǒ měi tiān shàng bān dōu jīng guò nà jiā bào shè.
    I pass by that newspaper company every day on my way to work.
  • 报社。
    Nà jiā bào shè de lǎo bǎn fēi cháng yán gé.
    The boss of that newspaper company is very strict.

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
社shèorganization

报 “newspaper” plus 社 “organization”: a company that produces newspapers.

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

社 joins 示 (god; deity) and 土 (soil), so its shape is about the god of the land.

Open 社 →
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