Definition
播音 is a separable verb (离合词) meaning 'to broadcast' on radio or television. The object 音 can split off from 播 when aspect markers, measure words, or durations come between them — for example, 播过音 ('have broadcast'), 播了三个小时的音 ('broadcast for three hours'). You cannot put a direct object after 播音; instead, the content being broadcast is introduced with a different structure (e.g. 播新闻).
v.o.
to broadcast (on radio or television)
Examples
- 播音。Tā měitiān zài diàntái bō yīn.He broadcasts on the radio every day.
- ,。Tā bō guò jǐ cì yīn, jīngyàn hěn fēngfù.She has broadcast several times and has a lot of experience.
- 播音。Jīn wǎn de xīnwén yóu tā bō yīn.Tonight's news will be broadcast by him.
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