HSK 5 · Verbs

传播 chuánbō “to disseminate” in Chinese

Traditional 傳播

What 传播 means

  1. to disseminate
  2. to propagate
  3. to spread

How to say 传播

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale传chuán2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale播bō1st tone, high and level

传播 in a sentence

  1. 那个谣言很快传播开来。

    Nà ge yáoyán hěn kuài chuánbō kāilái.

    That rumour spread quickly.

    Sentence #9965488 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 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.

    Sentence #5694484 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

How 传播 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 传 (chuán) with each of its parts in a different colour
传chuánto pass on
  • 亻person form of 人 · rénMeaning part
  • 专concentrated · zhuānSound part

亻 hints at the meaning (person); 专 (zhuān) hints at the sound. Compare it with chuán.

The character 播 (bō) with each of its parts in a different colour
播bōto sow; to spread; to broadcast
  • 扌hand form of 手 · shǒu
  • 番to take turns · fān

How to write 传播

传 6 strokes · 播 15 strokes

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传播 (chuánbō) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 传播 (chuánbō). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 传播

Words with 传

传真chuánzhēn · fax传染chuánrǎn · to infect宣传xuānchuán · to publicise流传liúchuán · to spread传统chuántǒng · tradition传说chuánshuō · legend遗传yíchuán · genetic传达chuándá · to convey传授chuánshòu · to teach传单chuándān · leaflet

Words with 播

广播guǎngbō · broadcast播放bōfàng · to broadcast直播zhíbō · live broadcast播种bōzhǒng · to sow seeds

More words: Common Verbs

冲chōng · to rush出示chūshì · to show出席chūxí · to attend处理chǔlǐ · to handle闯chuǎng · to rush创造chuàngzào · to create吹chuī · to blow刺激cìjī · to stimulate

FAQs

传播 (chuánbō) means “to disseminate” or “to propagate”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it chuánbō: chuán with a 2nd tone, then bō with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 传播 is written 傳播. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type chuanbo with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 传播 from the suggestions. Typing chuanbo into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
传播 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.