情报 qíngbào information
information; intelligence
How to remember 情报: 情 feeling + 报 report = information.
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How it is used
- Intelligence/information in the strategic sense - gathered data of value - 军事情报 (jūnshì qíngbào) military intelligence, 情报机构 (qíngbào jīgòu) an intelligence agency.
- Not everyday "info" (信息 xìnxī); 情报 is collected intel, often secret, in military/spy/business contexts.
- Collocations: 搜集/刺探情报 to gather/spy out intelligence.
Example sentences
- 他们根据情报采取行动。 Tāmen gēnjù qíngbào cǎiqǔxíngdòng.They acted on the information.
- 你知道中央情报局的什么？ Nǐ zhīdào zhōngyāng qíngbàojú de shénme?What do you know about the CIA?