画报

畫報
huàbào
noun #18,887

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 illustrated magazine
  2. 2 pictorial

Characters

Literally 'picture newspaper' — a publication featuring mainly images.

Examples

Nǎinai shōucáng le hěn duō lǎo huàbào.
Grandma collected many old illustrated magazines.
Zhè běn huàbào de shèyǐng zuòpǐn fēicháng jīngměi.
The photography in this pictorial is exquisite.

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history
画报 was a major form of media in 20th-century China. Publications like 人民画报 (People's Pictorial, est. 1950) were important visual propaganda and cultural tools.

Stroke Order

huà
bào