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新闻

xīn wén

HSK 2 · word 1091 of 3,000

Meaning

Measure word

条 tiáo

Example sentence

你看新闻吗?

nǐ kàn xīn wén ma

Do you watch the news?

Characters in 新闻

新 new plus 闻, to hear. News is what is newly heard, and 闻 also means to smell — the character covers both senses.

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