HSK · Level 63
105 words
Chinese word
报刊
Pronunciation
Pinyinbào kān
Meaning
- nounnewspapers
Example
我每天看报刊。wǒ měi tiān kàn bào kān
I read newspapers every day.
More examples
记者的评论在报刊上发表后，引起了讨论。jì zhě de píng lùn zài bào kān shàng fā biǎo hòu yín qǐ le tǎo lùn
After the journalist's commentary was published in the newspapers, it sparked discussion.
Core concept
A recurring window onto public news, made up of periodical publications in several formats.
Common phrases
在报刊上发表zài bào kān shàng fā biǎo
publish in newspapers
翻阅报刊fān yuè bào kān
leaf through newspapers
报刊的发行量bào kān de fā xíng liàng
newspaper circulation
Similar words
报纸bào zhǐ: A daily or weekly paper publication that presents news and articles.
杂志zá zhì: A periodical booklet about a particular subject that contains articles and photographs.
Definition in Chinese
定期以纸质或电子形式出版，汇集新闻、报道与评论的刊物，泛指报纸或杂志等出版物。dìng qī yǐ zhǐ zhì huò diàn zi xíng shì chū bǎn huì jí xīn wén bào dào yǔ píng lùn de kān wù fàn zhǐ bào zhǐ huò zá zhì děng chū bǎn wù
Word origin
报 (bào, "report") points to news or reporting, while 刊 (kān, "publication") adds the idea of material issued regularly, so the compound names a whole class of periodicals.
Usage tips
- When individual items are counted, Chinese normally adds a suitable measure word, while this noun by itself names the category as a whole.
Other meanings
- publicationnoun
- magazinenoun
Opposites
- 电子媒体diàn zi méi tǐelectronic medianoun
- 新媒体xīn méi tǐnew medianoun
Related words
- 报刊业bào kān yènewspaper publishing industrynoun
- 报刊亭bào kān tíngnewsstandnoun