播映 (bō yìng) — to broadcast on TV, to televise | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

播 (bō) 'broadcast' + 映 (yìng) 'project' — a formal compound for airing video content on television, more written than colloquial 播放.

verb

to broadcast on TVto televise

Examples

播映。
Zhè bù diàn shì jù jiāng zài xià zhōu huáng jīn shí jiān bō yìng.
This TV series will air in prime time next week.
播映。
Tā men jué dìng bù bō yìng nà bù yǒu zhēng yì de jié mù.
They decided not to broadcast that controversial program.
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Zhè bù jì lù piàn zhī bō guò yí cì yìng, fǎn xiǎng hěn hǎo.
This documentary only aired once, and the response was great.

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

播 means to broadcast, and 映 means to show or project; together they describe putting a program or film out for viewers.

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.

扌番播

Meaning part形符xíngfú

扌Written in full as手shǒuhand

Sound part声符shēngfú

番

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.

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

日央映

Meaning part形符xíngfú

日日rìsun

Sound part声符shēngfú

央

央yāng映yìng

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

映 pairs 日, the sun, with 央 as a sound element.

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