印刷

yìnshuā

verb HSK 5 #9,223

Meanings

HSK 1

这本书是在哪里印刷的？

Zhè běn shū shì zài nǎlǐ yìnshuā de?

Where was this book printed?

HSK 4

印刷术是中国的四大发明之一。

Yìnshuāshù shì Zhōngguó de sìdà fāmíng zhīyī.

Printing is one of China's Four Great Inventions.

HSK 4

这家印刷厂的质量很好。

Zhèjiā yìnshuāchǎng de zhìliàng hěn hǎo.

This printing factory's quality is very good.

culture

活字印刷术 (huózì yìnshuā shù, movable type printing) was invented by 毕昇 (Bì Shēng) in the Song Dynasty (~1040 AD), about 400 years before Gutenberg.

印 yìn

刷 shuā