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新聞

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See also: 新闻

Chinese

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new; newly; meso- (chem.)
hear; news; celebrated
hear; news; celebrated; sniff at
 
trad. (新聞)
simp. (新闻)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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新聞

  1. (countable, uncountable) news (reports of current events) (Classifier: m;  m c;  c;  c)
    新聞新闻  ―  shàng xīnwén  ―  to make news
    國營新聞媒體国营新闻媒体  ―  guóyíng xīnwén méitǐ  ―  state-run news media
    新聞標題新闻标题  ―  xīnwén biāotí  ―  news headlines
  2. (archaic) recent events
  3. (archaic) new knowledge

Usage notes

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新聞新闻 (xīnwén) refers news as in reports of current events; to express the sense of news as in new information in general, use 消息 (xiāoxi).

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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Sino-Xenic (新聞):
  • Japanese: 新聞(しんぶん) (shinbun)
  • Korean: 신문(新聞) (sinmun)
  • Vietnamese: tân văn (新聞)

Others:

See also

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Japanese

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Japanese Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia ja
Kanji in this term
しん
Grade: 2
ぶん
Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Middle Chinese 新聞 (MC sin mjun). Compare Hokkien 新聞新闻 (sin-bûn).

Noun

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(しん)(ぶん) (shinbun

  1. (archaic) news
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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Originally clipping of 新聞紙 (shinbunshi)[5]

Noun

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(しん)(ぶん) (shinbun

  1. newspaper

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 しん‐ぶん 【新聞】Paid subscription required”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎[1] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  3. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  5. ^ 1922, (げん)(せん) : (にっ)(ぽん)(だい)()(てん). (だい)3(さん)(かん)
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

Korean

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Hanja in this term

Noun

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新聞 (sinmun or McCune-Reischauer: sinmun or Yale: sinmun) (hangeul 신문)

  1. hanja form? of 신문 (newspaper)

Vietnamese

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chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Noun

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新聞

  1. chữ Hán form of tân văn (newspaper).