剪报

剪報

jiǎnbào

noun #21,504

Measure Word

一张剪报 zhāng

Meanings

1 newspaper clipping
2 press cutting

Characters

to cut / scissors

newspaper / report

Examples

她保存了许多关于这场比赛的剪报。

Tā bǎocún le xǔduō guānyú zhè chǎng bǐsài de jiǎnbào.

She kept many newspaper clippings about the match.

爷爷有一本厚厚的剪报本。

Yéye yǒu yī běn hòuhòu de jiǎnbào běn.

Grandpa has a thick scrapbook of newspaper clippings.

Tips

memory

剪 means 'to cut with scissors' and 报 means 'newspaper' — so 剪报 is literally 'cut newspaper'.

Stroke Order

剪 jiǎn

报 bào