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新闻 xīnwén

新闻 xīnwén Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 5 English Translations of the word 新闻 xīnwén .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
xīnwén | xin1 wen2
English translation
news
CL: tiáo
> tiáo [tiáo],
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About 新闻 xīnwén

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Traditional form

新聞

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí
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Etymology of 新闻 xīnwén

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Xīn

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. jīn represents the meaning and Xīn represents the sound. The (wood) component was added later. Based on the original meaning "firewood", now written as xīn . The current meaning "new" is a phonetic loan.

Positional decomposition

亲斤

Number of Strokes

13
Wén

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. ěr represents the meaning and Mén represents the sound. Simplified form of wén .

Phonetic compound

Mén

Semantic compound

ěr

Positional decomposition

门耳

Number of Strokes

9

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Example sentences using 新闻 xīnwén

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zhè tiáo 新闻 xīnwén 哄动 hōng dòng le 世界 shìjiè .

The news stirred the world.

zhè shì piān 可靠 kěkào de 新闻 xīnwén 报道 bàodào , 我们 wǒmen 相信 xiāngxìn .

This is an authentic news report. We can depend on it.

东森大陆 Dà lù 之间 zhī jiān de 新闻 xīnwén 交流 jiāoliú 密切 mìqiè 多样 duō yàng qiě 规律 guīlǜ .

News exchanges between EBC and the mainland are close, diverse and regular.

zài 每日 měi rì 新闻 xīnwén shǎng dòu dào le Xiū 厄尔 de 讣告 fù gào .

I read Sewell's obituary in the Daily News.

喜欢 xǐhuan dòu 热点 rè diǎn 新闻 xīnwén .

I like reading hot news.

新闻 xīnwén Decomposition

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新闻 xīnwén Compounds

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