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登报 (dēng bào) — to publish (something) in a newspaper, to make an announcement in the newspaper

Definition

A verb-object phrase: 登 ('go up / put up') + 报 ('newspaper') meaning to publish something in a newspaper, typically notices, ads, or announcements rather than full articles.

verb
to publish (something) in a newspaper, to make an announcement in the newspaper

Examples

  • 登报。
    Tā zhǔn bèi míng tiān dēng bào xún rén qǐ shì.
    He plans to publish a missing person notice in the newspaper tomorrow.
  • ，。
    Tā dēng guò yí cì bào, xún zhǎo zǒu shī de māo.
    He once published an ad in the newspaper looking for his lost cat.
  • 登报。
    Gōng sī jué dìng xià zhōu dēng bào zhāo pìn xìn xī.
    The company decided to publish recruitment information in the newspaper next week.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

登dēngpublish
报bàonewspaper

登 means to publish or announce, 报 means newspaper; together it means to publish in a newspaper.

Characters in this word

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

  • 癶癶bōleft and right feet
  • 豆豆dòupictogrammic of raised object; stepping stone

登 pairs 癶, left and right feet, with 豆, a raised object or stepping stone; its older form also showed two hands at the bottom, which later dropped.

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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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