晚报

• Pinyin: wǎn bào
• Hanzi breakdown: 晚 = evening, late; 报 = 扌(hand) + 报 — newspaper, report. An evening publication

Meaning

Evening newspaper. A newspaper published and distributed in the evening.

Traditionally refers to newspapers published in the late afternoon or evening, as opposed to 早报 (morning paper) or 日报 (daily paper). Many Chinese cities have their own evening papers, such as 北京晚报. While print circulation has declined, the term remains widely recognised.

Examples

1. 爷爷每天晚上看晚报。 Grandpa reads the evening newspaper every night.
2. 这条新闻是在晚报上看到的。 I saw this news in the evening paper.
3. 现在很少有人买晚报了。 Very few people buy the evening paper nowadays.

Usage Guide

Context: media, reading, daily routine

Tone: neutral

Do Say

• 你看今天的晚报了吗？(Have you read today's evening paper?)
• 晚报上说明天有雨。(The evening paper says it will rain tomorrow.)

Don't Say

• 早上看晚报 (While you can technically read an evening paper in the morning, saying 早上看晚报 sounds contradictory — 晚报 is meant for evening reading)

Origin & History

晚 (wǎn, evening) + 报 (bào, newspaper/report). A newspaper published in the evening.

Cultural Context

Generation: All ages

Social background: Universal