播送 (bō sòng) — to broadcast, to transmit (by radio or televisi…

Definition

verb

to broadcastto transmit (by radio or television)

播送。
Diàn shì tái měi tiān bō sòng xīn wén.
The TV station broadcasts news every day.
播送。
Zhè ge jié mù tōng guò wèi xīng bō sòng dào shì jiè gè dì.
This program is beamed via satellite to all over the world.
播送。
Tā men zhèng zài bō sòng yì chǎng zhòng yào de zú qiú bǐ sài.
They are broadcasting an important football match.

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” broadcast and “送” send describe transmitting by radio or TV.

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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

辶Written in full as辵chuòto walk

Sound part声符shēngfú

灷

灷zhuàn送sòng

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

送 combines 辶, the walking radical, with 灷, which supplies the sound; the walking part fits meanings like see off or deliver.

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