报社
Old HSK 5
报社 (bàoshè) · newspaper office
报社 (bàoshè) means “newspaper office; newspaper company”. It is written with 2 characters: 报 (newspaper) + 社 (group). It is an old HSK 5 word (HSK 2.0).
How 报社 is built
The characters
报 bào · newspaper
What 报 is made of
- 扌shǒu — hand
- 二 — two strokes
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 亅 — hook
- 二 — two strokes
- 卩jié — seal
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 又yòu — (once) again
Origin hint: A hand 扌 cuffing 又 a criminal 卩, representing sentencing (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
社 shè · group
What 社 is made of
- 礻shì — spirit/altar
- 卜bo — divination
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 丶 — dot
- 卜bo — divination
- 土tǔ — earth
- 十 — ten
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 十 — ten
Origin hint: An earth 土 spirit 礻; 礻 also provides the pronunciation (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
我叔叔在报社工作。Wǒ shūshu zài bàoshè gōngzuò.My uncle works at a newspaper.
这家报社有一百多个记者。Zhè jiā bàoshè yǒu yìbǎi duō gè jìzhě.This newspaper has over a hundred reporters.
Questions about 报社
What does 报社 mean?
报社 (bàoshè) means “newspaper office; newspaper company”.
How do you pronounce 报社?
报社 is pronounced bàoshè.
Which HSK level is 报社?
报社 is in Old HSK 5.
Related words
- 报名bàomíngto sign up
- 报纸bàozhǐnewspaper
- 日报rìbàodaily newspaper
- 晚报wǎnbàoevening newspaper
- 报到bàodàoto register
- 报道bàodàoto report (news)
- 报告bàogàoreport
- 预报yùbàoforecast
- 汇报huìbàoto report
- 报仇bàochóuto take revenge
Learn 报社 with its group
It is part of Old HSK 5 · Group 3: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.