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广播 (guǎng bō) — (noun) broadcast, broadcasting; (verb) to broadcast, to publicize

Definition

广播 is a noun or verb for radio broadcasting (programs, signals). Versus 播放 (broader: radio/TV, media playback) and 宣传 (promoting a message), 广播 specifically names the radio medium or the act of airing on it.

noun
broadcastbroadcasting
verb
to broadcastto publicize
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 广播。
    Wǒ měi tiān wǎn shàng dōu tīng guǎng bō.
    I listen to the broadcast every evening.
  • 广播。
    Tā zhèng zài guǎng bō xīn wén.
    He is broadcasting the news.
  • 广播。
    Zhè ge guǎng bō jié mù hěn hǎo tīng.
    This broadcast program is very pleasant to listen to.

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guǎngwide
播bōspread

'广' (wide) and '播' (spread) together suggest spreading sound or news widely.

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 →
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