報紙

简 报纸 · 繁 報紙
Mandarin · pinyin bào zhǐ

Meanings

  1. newspaper
  2. newsprint
  3. Classifier: 份 fèn, 期 qī, 張 zhāng
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報
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紙
zhǐ · paper
报
bào · report, tell, announce
纸
zhǐ · paper
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4–3 · bao4 zhi3

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bou3 zi2

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noun

  1. newspaper (Classifier: 份; 張/张; 期)
  2. newsprint

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