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播

bō

to broadcast

An old radio with wavy lines spreading from it
Memory picture

Character

播 bō

Strokes
15
Radical
扌 — hand
Made of
扌 hand 番 to take turns, to repeat
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
More about the character 播

Example phrases

  • 电台每天清晨都会播一段天气预报,提醒市民是否需要带伞。 Diàntái měitiān qīngchén dōu huì bō yí duàn tiānqì yùbào, tíxǐng shìmín shìfǒu xūyào dài sǎn. Every morning, the radio station broadcasts a weather forecast to remind residents whether they need an umbrella.
  • 电视台今晚要播一部新电视剧。 Diànshìtái jīnwǎn yào bō yí bù xīn diànshìjù. The TV station will air a new TV series tonight.
  • 广播里正在播一首我很喜欢的老歌。 Guǎngbō lǐ zhèngzài bō yì shǒu wǒ hěn xǐhuan de lǎogē. The radio is playing an old song I like very much.

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