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画报 (huà bào) — illustrated magazine or newspaper; pictorial

Definition

noun
illustrated magazine or newspaperpictorial
Measure word · 本

Examples

  • 画报。
    Zhè běn huà bào de shè yǐng zuò pǐn fēi cháng jīng měi.
    The photography in this pictorial is very exquisite.
  • 画报。
    Tā měi gè yuè dōu huì mǎi jǐ běn shí shàng huà bào.
    He buys several fashion pictorials every month.
  • 画报。
    Zhè fèn huà bào bào dào le zuì xīn de kē jì fā míng.
    This pictorial reports on the latest technological inventions.

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.

画huàpicture
报bàonewspaper

画 pictures and 报 a newspaper combine to mean a pictorial newspaper or magazine.

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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 畫; 画 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
聿聿yùbrush
Sound part声符shēngfú
規
規guī畫huà
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 畫 pairs 聿, a brush, with 規 for its sound. The simplified 画 is a later shorthand, so its parts are not the old parts.

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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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