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广播站 (guǎng bō zhàn) — broadcasting station (of a factory, school, etc.)

Definition

noun
broadcasting station (of a factory, school, etc.)
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 广播站。
    Wǒ men xué xiào de guǎng bō zhàn měi tiān zhōng wǔ bō yīn yuè.
    Our school's broadcasting station plays music every noon.
  • 广播站。
    Tā zài gōng chǎng de guǎng bō zhàn gōng zuò.
    He works at the factory's broadcasting station.
  • 广播站。
    guǎng bō zhàn Tōng zhī dà jiā xià wǔ kāi huì.
    The broadcasting station informed everyone of the afternoon meeting.

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guǎngbroad播bōspread
偏正Modifier + head
站zhànstation

广 (broad) and 播 (spread) give the idea of broadcast, and 站 (station) names a place for it.

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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
立立lì
Sound part声符shēngfú
占
占zhàn站zhàn
Same sound today

站 has 立 on the left and 占 on the right; 立 relates to standing, and 占 gives the sound.

Open 站 →
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