How to say “newspaper office” in Chinese

报社
bàoshè

newspaper office

noun · HSK 6 · topic “Stage, screen, airwaves”

“Newspaper office” in Chinese is 报社, bào shè: the meaning, a recording of how it sounds, the characters stroke by stroke and examples.

How to pronounce it

报社 is read bào shè: 2 syllables. The tone is part of the word: with another melody you get another word, or just a jumble of sounds.

bào — 4th tonesharply falling, like “Stop!”
shè — 4th tonesharply falling, like “Stop!”

How to write it

报
bào — report; newspaper

On the left, 扌 “hand”.

社
shè — community, society

On the left, 礻 “altar”; on the right, 土 “earth”: the altar to the earth spirit where the community gathered.

Strokes go in order: top to bottom and left to right, horizontal before vertical. Tap a character to open its page, with the strokes shown large and the words it appears in. To train your hand, print a handwriting sheet for “报社”.

Examples

Sentences from the course lessons with 报社. Tap the sound icon to listen.

  • 他在报社当记者tāzàibàoshèdāngjìzhěHe works as a journalist at a newspaper.

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Frequently asked questions

How do you say “newspaper office” in Chinese?

“Newspaper office” in Chinese is 报社, pinyin bàoshè.

What does 报社 mean?

报社 (bàoshè) means “newspaper office”.

How do you write 报社?

报社 is 2 characters: 报 (bào) — report; newspaper; 社 (shè) — community, society. The stroke order of each one is shown step by step on this page.

How do you pronounce 报社?

报社 is read bàoshè. Tones: bào — fourth tone, shè — fourth tone. The page has a native speaker recording.

“newspaper office” in the lesson “What people are talking about”

This word is from the topic “Stage, screen, airwaves” of HSK 6. In the lesson you hear it in a dialogue, build a sentence with it and say it out loud. Start for free, no sign-up needed.

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