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报道 (bào dào) — (verb) to report (news); to cover; (noun) report; news article

Definition

报道 (bào dào) is journalism language: a verb meaning 'to cover/report news' and a noun for the resulting 'news article'. Pairs with 篇/份. Use 报告 for giving talks or workplace reports.

verb
to report (news)to cover
noun
reportnews article
Measure word · 篇, 份
Easily confused

Examples

  • 报道。
    Jì zhě zhèng zài bào dào jīn tiān de xīn wén.
    The reporter is covering today's news.
  • 报道。
    Zhè piān bào dào xiě dé fēi cháng xiáng xì.
    This report is very detailed.
  • 报道。
    Tā měi tiān dōu yào xiě yì piān bào dào.
    He has to write a report every day.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

报bàoreport
道dàosay

报道 combines 报 (report) and 道 (say) to mean report news.

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.

Open 报 →

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
行行xíngstreet
止止zhǐfoot
Sound part声符shēngfú
𩠐
首shǒu道dào
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

Early 道 showed a street 行, a foot 止, and a part written 首 or 𩠐; the right part of 行 later disappeared.

Open 道 →
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