HSK · Level 43
120 words
Chinese word
刊物
Pronunciation
Pinyinkān wù
Meaning
- nounpublication
Example
请把这些刊物整理一下。qǐng bǎ zhè xiē kān wù zhéng lǐ yí xià
Please organize these publications.
More examples
他每月订阅几种专业刊物。tā měi yuè dìng yuè jí zhǒng zhuān yè kān wù
Every month, he subscribes to several specialized publications.
Core concept
A printed work made to circulate publicly, with the focus on its published form rather than its subject.
Common phrases
学术刊物xué shù kān wù
scholarly publication
电子刊物diàn zi kān wù
digital publication
订阅刊物dìng yuè kān wù
publication for subscription
Similar words
出版物chū bǎn wù: A published work issued for public circulation in print or electronic form.
书籍shū jí: A book presenting a substantial, organized body of writing in print or electronic form.
杂志zá zhì: A magazine issued regularly with a collection of articles, pictures, or both.
期刊qī kān: A periodical issued regularly for academic, professional, or industry readers.
Definition in Chinese
指为出版并公开发行而制作的书刊、期刊、报纸等出版物的统称。zhǐ wèi chū bǎn bìng gōng kāi fā xíng ér zhì zuò de shū kān qī kān bào zhǐ děng chū bǎn wù de tǒng chēng
Word origin
刊 (kān, "to publish") + 物 (wù, "thing") combines an act of issuing with the thing issued, giving the word its broad sense of published material.
Usage tips
- In everyday conversation, speakers often choose a specific noun, while this broad label is useful when the exact type is unknown or unimportant.
Other meanings
- magazinenoun
Related words
- 刊登kān dēngpublishverb
- 刊行kān xíngpublishverb
- 期刊qī kānperiodicalnoun