Meaning of 海报
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
- poster
- playbill
- notice
How to use 海报
海报 is the everyday word for a printed poster, such as one for a movie, concert, or event. It often follows a word naming what it advertises, and the measure word is usually 张 (zhāng). Example: 墙上贴着一张电影海报。 (Qiáng shang tiēzhe yì zhāng diànyǐng hǎibào.) There is a movie poster stuck on the wall.
海 (hǎi) means sea and 报 (bào) means a report or notice, as in 报纸 (bàozhǐ). Picture a notice so big it reaches a sea of people walking past, and you have a poster.
Common mistake: Learners often try to connect 海 here to the sea and use 海报 for something beach related, but in this word it does not mean sea at all. Also keep both tones clear: third tone hǎi then fourth tone bào, which comes out as a low dip followed by a sharp fall.
海报 in example sentences
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Stroke order for each character
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海 hǎi · ocean · 10 strokes
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报 bào · to report · 7 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 海报.
| 报纸 | bàozhǐ | newspaper; newsprint |
| 大海 | dàhǎi | sea; ocean |
| 海边 | hǎi biān | coast; seaside; seashore; beach |
| 报名 | bàomíng | to sign up; to enter one's name |
| 日报 | rìbào | daily newspaper |
| 晚报 | wǎnbào | evening newspaper; (in a newspaper's name) Evening News |
| 报告 | bàogào | to inform; to report |
| 报道 | bàodào | to report (news); report |
| 海关 | hǎiguān | customs (i.e. border crossing inspection) |
| 报到 | bàodào | to report for duty; to check in |
| 预报 | yùbào | forecast |
| 汇报 | huìbào | to report; to give an account of |
Questions about 海报
What does 海报 mean?
海报 (hǎibào) means "poster; playbill" and is used as a noun.
How do you write 海报?
海报 is made of 2 characters: 海 (10 strokes), 报 (7 strokes). That is 17 strokes in total.
Is 海报 an HSK word?
Yes. 海报 is on the HSK 6 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
How is 海报 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 海报 is written 海報.
What verb do you use with 海报 to say put up a poster?
The most common verb is 贴 (tiē), to stick or paste, as in 贴海报 (tiē hǎibào). To design or make one, you can say 做海报 (zuò hǎibào) or 设计海报 (shèjì hǎibào).
Is 海报 different from 广告?
Yes. 广告 (guǎnggào) means advertisement in any form, including TV or online ads. 海报 is specifically a poster, a printed or digital sheet meant to be displayed.