播 (bo3 | bo1) : broadcast; sow

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播

bo3

bo1

[1] broadcast; telecast; spread
[2] sow; seed; plant
[3] move; migrate; go into exile

Stroke count: 15

Level: 2

Radical: 扌 (#64)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

播

This word has been viewed 8246 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 29th May 2011 03:35

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播音 bo3 jam1 bo1 yin1 = transmit; broadcast

重播 cung4 bo3 chong2 bo1 = rebroadcast; replay

播放 bo3 fong3 bo1 fang4 = to broadcast

播種 bo3 zung2 bo1 zhong3 = to sow seeds

播送 bo3 sung3 bo1 song4 = broadcast; transmit; beam

轉播 zyun2 bo3 zhuan3 bo1 = to relay; to broadcast

直播 zik6 bo3 zhi2 bo1 = direct telecast; live broadcast

傳播 cyun4 bo3 chuan2 bo1 = to disseminate; to propagate; to distribute; to spread

現場直播 jin6 coeng4 zik6 bo3 xian4 chang3 zhi2 bo1 = live broadcast; live telecast

廣播 gwong2 bo3 guang3 bo1 = broadcast
See all 49 compounds (CantoDict reports 54 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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聖誕期間，電視上播很多好看的電影國
There are lots of good films on TV at Christmas!

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Decimal representation of this word: 播
Unicode code for this character: U+64ad (off-site link)

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