Chinese symbol for “newsstand”
报摊
bào tān
Traditional: 報攤
newsstand
The closest CC-CEDICT match for newsstand is 报摊 (bào tān), defined as: newsstand.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “newsstand”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 报刊亭 (報刊亭) | bào kān tíng | newsstand |
| 报刊摊 (報刊攤) | bào kān tān | newsstand |
| 报亭 (報亭) | bào tíng | kiosk; newsstand |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 报摊.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 报告 (報告) | bào gào | to inform; to report |
| 报道 (報道) | bào dào | to report (news); report |
| 报纸 (報紙) | bào zhǐ | newspaper; newsprint |
| 日报 (日報) | rì bào | daily newspaper |
| 情报 (情報) | qíng bào | information; intelligence |
| 报导 (報導) | bào dǎo | to report (in the media); (news) report |
| 摊位 (攤位) | tān wèi | stall; booth; stand |
| 摊贩 (攤販) | tān fàn | stallkeeper; peddler |
See also: Japanese symbol for “newsstand”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.