报纸
HSK 3 (exam 2025)HSK 2 (2021)Old HSK 2
报纸 (bàozhǐ) · newspaper
报纸 (bàozhǐ) means “newspaper”. It is written with 2 characters: 报 (newspaper) + 纸 (paper). It is an HSK 3 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 报纸 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)
纸 zhǐ · paper
What 纸 is made of
- 纟sī — silk
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 氏shì — clan
Origin hint: 纟 gives the meaning, 氏 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
爷爷每天看报纸。Yéye měi tiān kàn bàozhǐ.Grandpa reads the newspaper every day.
今天的报纸在哪儿？Jīntiān de bàozhǐ zài nǎr?Where is today's newspaper?
Questions about 报纸
What does 报纸 mean?
报纸 (bàozhǐ) means “newspaper”.
How do you pronounce 报纸?
报纸 is pronounced bàozhǐ.
Which HSK level is 报纸?
报纸 is in HSK 3 (exam 2025) and HSK 2 (2021) and Old HSK 2.
Related words
- 报名bàomíngto sign up
- 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
- 报社bàoshènewspaper office
- 报仇bàochóuto take revenge
Learn 报纸 with its group
It is part of HSK 2 (2021) · Group 15: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.