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the four great Chinese inventions: paper, printing, magnetic compass and gunpowder
printing / printing technology
HSK 7-9
to 3D print; 3D printing
printing and dyeing
to print / printing
HSK 5
silk screen / screen (printing)
stiff / inflexible / mechanical / stubborn / to cut blocks for printing
to go to press / to submit for printing
die (printing, metalwork etc)
relief printing / typography / printing with metal plates
intaglio printing plate (or a print made with it)
color printing using several overlaid images
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *版* | 版* | *版
a register / block of printing / edition / version / page
HSK 5
to correct printing errors
(printing) woodblock
relief printing plate
printing ink
color printing using several overlaid images
printing plate
printing press / printing office / printer
printing portions of a page (e.g. a banner headline) in red (or other color)
color printing / abbr. for 彩色印刷
printing plate bearing an image (illustration, photo etc) / print made with such a plate
to make a plate (printing)
page of a publication (e.g. newspaper or website) / printing space (reserved for some content) / page layout
offset printing
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *磅* | 磅* | *磅
scale (instrument for weighing) / to weigh / (loanword) pound (unit of weight, about 454 grams) / (printing) point (unit used to measure the size of type) / (Tw) (printing) pound; ream weight (used to describe paper thickness)
HSK 7-9
branch; service outlet (of a bank, retail store etc) / (printing) halftone dot / (computing) network node
HSK 7-9
offset printing
(name) Gutenberg / Johannes Gutenberg (c. 1400–1468), inventor in Europe of the printing press / Beno Gutenberg (1889–1960), German-born US seismologist, coinventor of the Richter magnitude scale
galley proof (printing) / unimpressive / (coll.) little guy (mild insult also used as an affectionate term)
lithography / lithographic printing
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *鑴* | 鑴* | *鑴
to engrave or carve, as a block for printing
digital printing
manuscript copy of a book (before the printing press)
(photography) negative / photographic plate / (printing) plate / block
(printing) proof; specimen page / sample photograph / (fashion design) pattern sheet
printing with movable type
typography / printing business
printing block / section (of a newspaper) / board (of BBS or discussion forum)
printing plate / printed version (of a digital publication) / printing (as in "1st printing" etc)
printing house / print shop
Wang Xuan (1937-2006), Chinese printing industry innovator
vertical setting (printing)
printing money
collotype (printing) (loanword)
screen printing
engraved blocks (for printing)
horizontal setting (printing)
typesetting and printing
printing with movable type / typesetting
(printing) screen
batik (color printing on cloth using wax)
to correct printing errors
(printing) copperplate
printing press
(printing) type; movable letters
proofs (printing)
(printing) to stamp with gold foil; to bronze
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *梓* | 梓* | *梓
Chinese catalpa (Catalpa ovata), a tree that serves as a symbol of one's hometown and whose wood is used to make various items / (bound form) printing blocks
heat-sensitive / thermal (printing)
offset printing
a carved printing block
to cut a woodblock (e.g. for printing)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *鋑* | 鋑* | *鋑
to engrave or carve, as a block for printing


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