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播报 (bō bào) — to broadcast (news, report, etc.)

Definition

播报 (bōbào) means to read or announce news/reports aloud on radio or TV — typically the anchor delivering scripted content. Often used with 员 (员 = staff) to form 播报员 'anchor'.

verb
to broadcast (news, report, etc.)

Examples

  • 播报。
    Xīn wén bō bào yuán zhèng zài bō bào zuì xīn de xiāo xi.
    The news anchor is broadcasting the latest news.
  • 播报。
    Tiān qì yù bào měi tiān dōu huì bō bào wèi lái yì zhōu de tiān qì.
    The weather forecast broadcasts the weather for the coming week every day.
  • 播报。
    Zhè chǎng bǐ sài de shí kuàng yóu duō jiā diàn tái tóng bù bō bào.
    The live coverage of this match is broadcast simultaneously by multiple radio stations.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

播bōbroadcast
报bàoreport

The senses of 播 and 报 combine as parallel actions: to broadcast and to report, giving the idea of delivering news on air.

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.

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.

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Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 報; 报 is its simplified writing.

  • 㚔㚔㚔handcuffs
  • 𠬝𠬝𠬝to subdue

The traditional form 報 puts 㚔 (handcuffs) beside 𠬝 (to subdue), showing someone restrained and subdued, as in convicting or punishing a guilty person. The simplified 报 is a later shorthand.

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