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广播网 (guǎng bō wǎng) — broadcasting network; a system of radio or television stations that share content

Definition

noun
broadcasting networka system of radio or television stations that share content
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 广播网。
    Zhè ge guǎng bō wǎng fù gài le quán guó suǒ yǒu chéng shì.
    This broadcasting network covers all cities nationwide.
  • 广播网。
    Tā men zhèng zài jiàn shè yí gè xīn de xīn wén guǎng bō wǎng.
    They are building a new news broadcasting network.
  • 广播网。
    Zhè jiā gōng sī de guǎng bō wǎng yōng yǒu wǔ bǎi wàn tīng zhòng.
    This company's broadcasting network has five million listeners.

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
网wǎngnetwork

广播, a broad spreading, combined with 网, a network, gives a broadcasting network.

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 網; 网 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
糸糸mìrope
Sound part声符shēngfú
罔
罔wǎng網wǎng
Same sound today

The traditional form 網 pairs 糸 (rope) with 罔 to give the sound; the simplified 网 is a later shorthand.

Open 网 →
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