报纸

bàozhǐ

Traditional: 報紙

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Translation

newspaper

Word origin

A compound of 报 (bào, to report) and 纸 (zhǐ, paper), literally reporting paper, the printed sheet that carries the news.

Origin
compound
Root
报 (bào, to report) + 纸 (zhǐ, paper)

Stroke order

Stroke order for 报

Stroke order for 纸

Examples

Dad reads the newspaper every morning.

dēng

This piece of news is in today's newspaper.

I am going to buy a newspaper.

广guǎng

There are many advertisements in the newspaper.

zhì

Few people read printed newspapers these days.

报纸 (bào zhǐ) is a noun meaning newspaper. It is the printed paper that carries news, opinion and advertising.

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