Chinese word

印刷

Pronunciation

Pinyinyìn shuā

Meaning

  • verbprint

Example

请把这本书印刷一下。qǐng bǎ zhè běn shū yìn shuā yí xià

Please print this book.

Illustration for 印刷 (print)

More examples

活动开始前要把宣传单印刷多份。huó dòng kāi shǐ qián yào bǎ xuān chuán dān yìn shuā duō fèn

We need to print several copies of the flyer before the event starts.

Core concept

Words or pictures move from a prepared model onto many physical items in the same form.

Common phrases

  • 印刷名片yìn shuā míng piàn

    print business cards

  • 印刷宣传单yìn shuā xuān chuán dān

    print flyers

  • 印刷手册yìn shuā shǒu cè

    print manuals

Similar words

打印dǎ yìn: Print a computer document or picture onto paper using a printer.
复印fù yìn: Reproduce the contents of one paper document on another sheet with a copier.
复制fù zhì: Duplicate data or a document so that the new version is the same as the original.

Definition in Chinese

通过印版或印刷机把文字和图案批量复制在纸张或其他材料上的工艺或动作。tōng guò yìn bǎn huò yìn shuā jī bǎ wén zì hé tú àn pī liàng fù zhì zài zhǐ zhāng huò qí tā cái liào shàng de gōng yì huò dòng zuò

Word origin

印 (yìn, "seal or mark") + 刷 (shuā, "brush or scrape") describes marks transferred repeatedly through a printing process.

Usage tips

  • In a request, a brief-action marker can follow this verb to make the task sound limited and less blunt, rather than stressing the production method.

Opposites

Related words

  • 印刷机yìn shuā jīprinting pressnoun
  • 印刷厂yìn shuā chǎngprinting plantnoun
  • 印刷品yìn shuā pǐnprinted materialnoun

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