报系

報系

bàoxì

noun

Meanings

1 newspaper chain
2 newspaper syndicate
3 media group built around a flagship paper

Characters

newspaper / report

Examples

联合报系是台湾最大的报系之一。

Liánhébàoxì shì Táiwān zuì dà de bàoxì zhī yī.

United Daily News Group is one of Taiwan's largest newspaper chains.

这个报系旗下有十几份报纸。

Zhège bàoxì qíxià yǒu shí jǐ fèn bàozhǐ.

This newspaper chain has more than a dozen papers under it.

Tips

usage

More common in Taiwanese media coverage than mainland — 联合报系 (United Daily News group) and 中时报系 (China Times group) are the canonical examples. The -系 suffix is the same one used in 派系 (faction) and academic 系 (department).

Stroke Order

报 bào

系 xì