HSK 4 · Verbs

广播 guǎngbō “broadcast” in Chinese

Traditional 廣播

What 广播 means

  1. broadcast
  2. broadcasting
  3. (formal) to propagate
  4. to publicise

Measure word 个 gè · 一个广播 yí ge guǎngbō

How to say 广播

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale广guǎng3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale播bō1st tone, high and level

广播 in a sentence

  1. 据广播里讲，明天会下雪。

    Jù guǎngbō lǐ jiǎng, míngtiān huì xiàxuě.

    According to the radio, it’s going to snow tomorrow.

    Sentence #528056 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 他喜欢听广播。

    Tā xǐhuan tīng guǎngbō.

    He likes listening to the radio.

    Sentence #846207 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 要是你不在听广播的话，就关掉它。

    Yàoshi nǐ bú zài tīng guǎngbō dehuà, jiù guāndiào tā.

    If you’re not listening to the radio, turn it off.

    Sentence #4757573 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 广播 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 广 (guǎng) with each of its parts in a different colour
广guǎngwide
  • 丶dot · zhǔ
  • 厂cliff · hǎn
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 广播

广 3 strokes · 播 15 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

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

Words related to 广播

Words with 广

广告guǎnggào · advertisement广场guǎngchǎng · public square推广tuīguǎng · to promote广大guǎngdà · (of an area) vast or extensive广泛guǎngfàn · extensive广阔guǎngkuò · vast见多识广jiànduōshíguǎng · well-informed and experienced

Words with 播

传播chuánbō · to disseminate播放bōfàng · to broadcast直播zhíbō · live broadcast播种bōzhǒng · to sow seeds

More words: Common Verbs

够gòu · enough估计gūjì · to estimate鼓励gǔlì · to encourage挂guà · to hang (on a hook or wall)逛guàng · to stroll好像hǎoxiàng · as if活动huódòng · activity获得huòdé · to obtain

FAQs

广播 (guǎngbō) means “broadcast” or “broadcasting”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it guǎngbō: guǎng with a 3rd 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, 广播 is written 廣播. The pronunciation is the same.
Use 个 (gè). For example, one broadcast is 一个广播 (yí ge guǎngbō).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type guangbo with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 广播 from the suggestions. Typing guangbo into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
广播 is an HSK 4 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.