创刊

創刊
chuàngkān
verb #62,193

Meanings

  1. 1 to launch (a periodical)
  2. 2 to found (a newspaper or magazine)

Examples

HSK 4
Zhè běn zázhì chuàngkān yǐjīng sānshí nián le.
It has been thirty years since this magazine was launched.
HSK 6
Bàozhǐ chuàngkān nà tiān, biānjímen yí yè méi shuì.
On the day the newspaper launched, the editors didn't sleep all night.

Tips

usage
Only for periodicals: 创刊号 'first issue', 创刊于 + a year 'founded in'. The opposite is 停刊 'to cease publication'. A book is 出版 'published', and a school or company 创办 'founded'.

Stroke Order

创 chuàng
刊 kān