重播 (chóng bō) — to rebroadcast; to replay

Definition

verb

to rebroadcastto replay

重播。
Zhè ge jié mù míng tiān wǎn shàng huì chóng bō yí cì.
This program will be rebroadcast once tomorrow evening.
重播。
Bǐ sài lù xiàng jiāng zài tǐ yù pín dào chóng bō.
The game recording will be replayed on the sports channel.
，重播。
Yīn wèi xìn hào wèn tí, wǒ men bù dé bú chóng bō nà chǎng yīn yuè huì.
Due to signal issues, we had to rebroadcast that concert.

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.

播bōbroadcast

重 means again and 播 means broadcast; the whole describes broadcasting or playing something again.

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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

東

東dōng重zhòng

Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

重 developed from a picture of a man carrying a bag, with 人 for the man and 東 for the bag; a later ground element was folded into the form.

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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