Learn Chinese Characters

Meaning

sow; scatter; spread; broadcast

Chinese: 播种、传播、广播。

Hear the Four Tones

The same syllable “bo” becomes a different word in each tone. 播 is the 1st tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.

Stroke Order

Tap Animate to watch the strokes in order, or Practice to trace it yourself.

Common Words

  • 广播guǎng bōbroadcast; broadcasting; to broadcast; (formal) to propagate
  • 直播zhí bō(TV, radio) to broadcast live; live broadcast; (Internet) to livestream; (agriculture) direct seeding
  • 传播chuán bōto disseminate; to propagate; to spread
  • 播放bō fàngto broadcast; to transmit (by radio or TV)
  • 播出bō chūto broadcast; to air (a TV program etc)

Example Sentence

电视里正在播放一部有趣的动画片。Diàn shì lǐ zhèng zài bō fàng yí bù yǒu qù de dòng huà piàn.An interesting cartoon is playing on TV.

电视Diàn shìtelevisioninsidezhèngfirst month of the lunar yzàiatTaiwan pr.fàngto putoneministry有趣yǒu qùinterestingdeof动画片dòng huà piànanimated film