广播剧 (guǎng bō jù) — radio play; audio drama

Definition

noun
radio playaudio drama
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Examples

  • 广播剧。
    Wǒ zuì jìn zài tīng yí gè fēi cháng yǒu qù de guǎng bō jù.
    I've been listening to a very interesting radio play recently.
  • 广播剧。
    Zhè bù guǎng bō jù de pèi yīn fēi cháng zhuān yè.
    The voice acting in this audio drama is very professional.
  • 广播剧。
    Tā men huā le yì nián shí jiān zhì zuò zhè ge guǎng bō jù.
    They spent a year producing this radio play.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

广播broadcast
广guǎngwide播bōdisseminate
偏正Modifier + head
剧jùdrama

The wide dissemination in “广播” describes the drama in “剧”.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 廣; 广 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
广广guǎng
Sound part声符shēngfú
黃
黃huáng廣guǎng
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 廣 combines 广 (meaning part) with 黃 (sound part); the simplified 广 is a later shorthand, not the full historical shape.

Open 广 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
扌Written in full as手shǒuhand
Sound part声符shēngfú
番
番fān播bō
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

播 is built from 扌, a hand radical, plus 番 as a sound part. The hand part marks it as something done by hand.

Open 播 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 劇; 剧 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
刀刀dāoknife
Sound part声符shēngfú
豦
豦jù劇jù
Same sound today

The traditional form 劇 pairs 豦, which gives the sound, with 刀, a knife; the simplified 剧 is a later shorthand.

Open 剧 →

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