本报 (běn bào) — this newspaper

Definition

本报 is a formal, written term that a newspaper uses to refer to itself in its own articles ('this newspaper / our paper'). You will almost only see it in journalism or official writing, not in everyday speech.

noun
this newspaper
Measure word · 份

Examples

  • 本报。
    běn bào Jīn tiān kān dēng le yì piān zhòng yào wén zhāng.
    Our newspaper published an important article today.
  • 本报。
    Wǒ měi tiān dōu huì yuè dú běn bào de shè lùn.
    I read the editorials of this newspaper every day.
  • 本报。
    běn bào De jì zhě shēn rù zāi qū jìn xíng le bào dào.
    Reporters from this newspaper went deep into the disaster area to 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.

本běnthis
报bàonewspaper

本 means this, and 报 means newspaper; together they refer to this newspaper.

Characters in this word

An abstract idea shown by a mark or a diagram rather than by a picture of an object.

本 adds a stroke at the bottom of a tree shape to mark the roots, giving the sense of foundation or original.

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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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