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播

bō

HSK 4 Character

What 播 means

1. bound formto sow (seeds); to spread (ideas, rumors etc); to broadcast (radio signals etc)
2. Taiwan pr. bò

Example sentences

• 听广播吧！
  Let's listen to the radio!
• 我喜欢听广播。
  I like to listen to the radio.
• 他喜欢听广播。
  He likes to listen to the radio.
• 这个节目是重播。
  Zhège jiémù shì chóngbō.
  This program is a rerun.
• 农民在春天播种。
  Nóngmín zài chūntiān bōzhǒng.
  Farmers sow seeds in the spring.
• 我从广播中听到它。
  Wǒ cóng guǎngbō zhōngtīng dào tā.
  I heard it on the radio.

Words starting with 播

• 播放bō fàngto broadcast; to transmit (by radio or TV)
• 播种bō zhòngto grow (maize etc) from seed; to plant (maize etc) by sowing seed
• 播出bō chūto broadcast; to air (a TV program etc)
• 播音员bō yīn yuánannouncer; broadcaster
• 播报bō bàoto announce; to read (the news)
• 播音bō yīnto transmit; to broadcast
• 播送bō sòngto broadcast; to transmit; to beam
• 播发bō fāto broadcast
• 播放机bō fàng jīplayer (e.g. CD player)
• 播映bō yìngto broadcast a film; to televise
• 播客bō kèpodcast (loanword)
• 播讲bō jiǎngto broadcast a lecture, a book reading etc
• 播报员bō bào yuánannouncer
• 播州区Bō zhōu QūBozhou, a district of Zunyi City 遵义市
• 播放列表bō fàng liè biǎoplaylist
• 播撒bō sǎto sow (seeds); to scatter
• 播弄bō nongto order people about; to stir up; to sow discord
• 播州Bō zhōusee 播州区

Words containing 播

• 广播guǎng bōbroadcast; broadcasting; to broadcast
• 传播chuán bōto disseminate; to propagate; to spread
• 直播zhí bō(TV, radio) to broadcast live; live broadcast; (Internet) to livestream
• 转播zhuǎn bōrelay; broadcast (on radio or TV)
• 联播lián bōto broadcast over a network; (radio or TV) hookup; simulcast
• 点播diǎn bōwebcast; to request item for broadcast on radio program; dibble seeding
• 广播电台guǎng bō diàn táiradio station; broadcasting station
• 重播chóng bōto replay; to rerun; (agriculture) to reseed
• 开播kāi bō(agriculture) to begin sowing; (of a radio or TV station) to start broadcasting…
• 插播chā bōto interrupt (a radio or TV program) with a commercial insert, breaking news etc…
• 演播室yǎn bō shìbroadcasting studio
• 散播sàn bōto spread; to disperse; to disseminate
• 广播剧guǎng bō jùradio drama
• 广播员guǎng bō yuán(radio) broadcaster
• 英国广播公司Yīng guó Guǎng bō Gōng sīBritish Broadcasting Corporation; BBC
• 大众传播dà zhòng chuán bōmass communication
• 广播网guǎng bō wǎngnetwork
• 中国国际广播电台Zhōng guó Guó jì Guǎng bō Diàn táiChina Radio International; CRI
• 主播zhǔ bō(news) anchor; (program) host; (Internet) streamer
• 口播kǒu bō(broadcasting) to speak to the audience; to advertise a product by speaking directly to…
• 吃播chī bōmukbang, genre of online broadcast consisting of the host eating food while interacting…
• 导播dǎo bōto direct a television or radio broadcast; director (TV, radio)
• 展播zhǎn bōto exhibit as broadcast; to show (on TV)
• 早播zǎo bōto plant early; to sow seeds in early spring

Characters built on 番

These share the phonetic component 番 (fān), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 鄱póname of a lake
• 皤pówhite

Characters that look like 播

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 摘zhāito take; to pick (flowers, fruit etc); to pluck; to remove…
• 撼hànto shake; to vibrate
• 燔fánburn; to roast meat for sacrifice
• 禧xǐjoy
• 橘júmandarin orange (Citrus reticulata); tangerine
• 撸lū(dialect) to grasp (sth long or cylindrical) and slide the hand up or down…

Sounds the same

Read bō, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 波wave; ripple; storm
• 剥to peel; to skin; to flay
• 拨to push aside with the hand, foot, a stick etc; to dial; to allocate
• 钵small earthenware plate or basin; a monk's alms bowl; Sanskrit paatra
• 般used in 般若
• 啵(onomatopoeia) to bubble
• 菠spinach
• 砵alms bowl
• 盋obscure variant of 钵
• 饽cake; biscuit
• 嶓name of a mountain
• 癶Kangxi radical 105, known as 登字头