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传播

chuán bō

HSK 5 2-character word Traditional 傳播

What 传播 means

1. to disseminate; to propagate; to spread

The characters in 传播

• 传chuánto pass on; to spread; to transmit
• 播bō(bound form) to sow (seeds); to spread (ideas, rumors etc)…

Example sentences

• 那个谣言很快传播开来。
  That rumor soon spread.
• 法西斯主义传播至全球。
  Fascists are globalized.
• 避孕套可以预防性传播疾病。
  Bìyùntào kěyǐ yùfáng xìngchuánbō jíbìng.
  Condoms offer protection against sexually transmitted diseases.
• 埃博拉通过体液在人与人之间传播。
  āibólā tōngguò tǐyè zài rén yǔ rén zhījiān chuánbō.
  Ebola spreads from person to person through bodily fluids.
• 中国的卫生当局正在采取措施来阻止冠状病毒的传播。
  Zhōngguó de wèishēng dāngjú zhèngzài cǎiqǔ cuòshī lái zǔzhǐ guānzhuàng bìngdú de chuánbō.
  China's health authorities are taking steps to stop the spread of the coronavirus.
• 光传播得比声音快，所以我们先看到闪电，然后才会听见雷声。
  Guāng chuánbō de bǐ shēngyīn kuài, suǒyǐ wǒmen xiān kàn dào shǎndiàn, ránhòu cái huì tīngjiàn léishēng.
  It is because light travels faster than sound that we see lightning before we hear thunder.

Words containing 传播

• 大众传播dà zhòng chuán bōmass communication
• 性传播xìng chuán bōsexually transmitted
• 超级传播者chāo jí chuán bō zhěsuper spreader (epidemiology)