新闻

新聞
xīnwén
noun HSK 2 #900

Measure Word

新闻 tiáo

Meanings

  1. 1 news

Characters

Literally 'newly heard' — things you've just heard about

Examples

Nǐ kàn jīntiān de xīnwén le ma?
Did you watch today's news?
Zhè tiáo xīnwén hěn zhòngyào.
This piece of news is very important.
Wǒ měi tiān zǎo shang kàn xīnwén.
I watch the news every morning.

Tips

usage
The measure word for news is (tiáo), the same one used for long, thin things like rivers and roads.
culture
新闻联播 (Xīnwén Liánbō) is China's most-watched nightly news broadcast, airing at 7 PM every day on CCTV-1 since 1978.

Stroke Order

xīn
wén