HSK 6 · Media

直播 zhíbō “live broadcast” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 直播 means

  1. live broadcast
  2. to broadcast live
  3. (TV, radio) to broadcast live
  4. (Internet) to livestream
  5. (agriculture) direct seeding

How to say 直播

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale直zhí2nd 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

直播 in a sentence

  1. 今晚的比赛电视会直播。

    Jīnwǎn de bǐsài diànshì huì zhíbō.

    Tonight’s match will be broadcast live on TV.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 她每天晚上在网上直播。

    Tā měitiān wǎnshang zài wǎngshàng zhíbō.

    She livestreams online every evening.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 直播 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 直 (zhí) with each of its parts in a different colour
直zhístraight
  • 十ten · shí
  • 目eye · mù
  • 一one · yī

Memory aidPicture an eye 目 looking straight down a line: straight.

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 直播

直 8 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.

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

Words related to 直播

Words with 直

一直yìzhí · always直到zhídào · until直接zhíjiē · direct (opposite: indirect 间接)直zhí · straight简直jiǎnzhí · simply垂直chuízhí · vertical直径zhíjìng · diameter理直气壮lǐzhíqìzhuàng · bold and confident (being in the right)

Words with 播

广播guǎngbō · broadcast传播chuánbō · to disseminate播放bōfàng · to broadcast播种bōzhǒng · to sow seeds

More words: Media & Arts

报社bàoshè · newspaper office播放bōfàng · to broadcast舆论yúlùn · public opinion寓言yùyán · fable杂技zájì · acrobatics造型zàoxíng · shape传记zhuànjì · biography著作zhùzuò · written work

FAQs

直播 (zhíbō) means “live broadcast” or “to broadcast live”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it zhíbō: zhí 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.
Yes. 直播 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zhibo with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 直播 from the suggestions. Typing zhibo into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
直播 is an HSK 6 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.