消息报 (xiāo xī bào) — Xiaoxi Bao (name of a newspaper)

Definition

消息报 (Xiāoxī Bào) is the name of a specific newspaper, read as a proper noun rather than 'message newspaper'. In a sentence it functions like 报纸 — use 的 or 上 after it for 'from / in Xiaoxi Bao'.

noun
Xiaoxi Bao (name of a newspaper)

Examples

  • 消息报。
    Wǒ měi tiān zǎo shàng dōu kàn xiāo xī bào.
    I read Xiaoxi Bao every morning.
  • 消息报。
    xiāo xī bào De jì zhě cǎi fǎng le shì zhǎng.
    A reporter from Xiaoxi Bao interviewed the mayor.
  • 消息报。
    Zhè piān wén zhāng fā biǎo zài xiāo xī bào shàng.
    This article was published in Xiaoxi Bao.

Origin

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
氵Written in full as水shuǐwater
Sound part声符shēngfú
肖
肖xiào消xiāo
Same sound today

消 has 氵 (water) beside 肖. The water part connects to putting out or making something vanish, and 肖 gives the sound.

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

In 息, 自 is nose and 心 is heart, showing breath or life passing through one's nose.

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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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