播音 (bō yīn) — to broadcast (on radio or television) | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

播音 (bōyīn) means to broadcast or announce on radio or TV — specifically the act of speaking/announcing, not the technical transmission of a signal.

verb

to broadcast (on radio or television)

Examples

播音。
Tā měi tiān zài diàn tái bō yīn.
He broadcasts on the radio every day.
，。
Tā bō guò jǐ cì yīn, jīng yàn hěn fēng fù.
She has broadcast several times and has a lot of experience.
播音。
Jīn wǎn de xīn wén yóu tā bō yīn.
Tonight's news will be broadcast by him.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

播bōbroadcast

播 sends out 音, the sound being transmitted.

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.

An abstract idea shown by a mark or a diagram rather than by a picture of an object.

音 adds a short stroke that seals the mouth-like part, showing a covered or muffled sound rather than speech.

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