新闻
xīnwén
news
Part of speech · noun
Pattern visualization
新new
Show part origins
聞hear
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Examples
- 我看新闻。I watch the news.
- 今天的新闻。Today's news.
Collocations
一条新闻看新闻新闻报道
Mnemonic
新闻 xīnwén "news" — 新 (new) + 闻 (hear, traditional 聞) = "newly heard". False friend: Korean sinmun / Japanese 新聞 shinbun mean "newspaper (print)"; ZH 新闻 covers all news media. Measure: 条 tiáo.
Quick check
JA 新聞 vs ZH 新闻?