演播 (yǎn bō) — to broadcast (a performance, show, or program)

Definition

演播 means to broadcast or air a performance or program (e.g., a concert, show). The example compound 演播室 is the studio where this happens.

verb

to broadcast (a performance, show, or program)

演播。
Zhè ge jié mù shì xiàn chǎng yǎn bō de.
This program is broadcast live.
演播。
Diàn shì tái zhèng zài yǎn bō yì chǎng yīn yuè huì.
The TV station is broadcasting a concert.
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Yǎn bō shì lǐ de shè bèi dōu shì zuì xīn de.
The equipment in the broadcasting studio is all the latest.

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

演 (perform) and 播 (broadcast) combine to mean broadcasting a performance.

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.

氵寅演

Meaning part形符xíngfú

氵Written in full as水shuǐ

Sound part声符shēngfú

寅

寅yín演yǎn

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

演 pairs 氵 (water) with 寅, which gives the sound yín.

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.

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