预报
HSK 3 (2021)Old HSK 5
预报 (yùbào) · forecast
预报 (yùbào) means “forecast”. It is written with 2 characters: 预 (to prepare) + 报 (newspaper). It is an HSK 3 word in the 2021 standard.
How 预报 is built
The characters
预 yù · to prepare
What 预 is made of
- 予yǔ — to give
- 丁dīng — male adult
- 页yè — page
- 贝bèi — sea shell
- 冂 — frame
- 人rén — person
- 贝bèi — sea shell
Origin hint: 页 gives the meaning, 予 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
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)
Example sentences
天气预报说明天下雨。Tiānqì yùbào shuō míngtiān xiàyǔ.The weather forecast says it will rain tomorrow.
你看今天的天气预报了吗？Nǐ kàn jīntiān de tiānqì yùbào le ma?Did you check today's weather forecast?
Questions about 预报
What does 预报 mean?
预报 (yùbào) means “forecast”.
How do you pronounce 预报?
预报 is pronounced yùbào.
Which HSK level is 预报?
预报 is in HSK 3 (2021) and Old HSK 5.
Related words
- 预防yùfángto prevent
- 预计yùjìto expect
- 预习yùxíto prepare lessons (before class)
- 预测yùcèto forecast
- 预订yùdìngto book
- 干预gānyùto intervene
- 预料yùliàoto expect
- 预期yùqīto expect
- 预算yùsuànbudget
- 预先yùxiānin advance
Learn 预报 with its group
It is part of HSK 3 (2021) · Group 81: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.