廣播

简 广播 · 繁 廣播
Mandarin · pinyin guǎng bō

Meanings

  1. broadcast
  2. Classifier: 個 gè
  3. broadcasting
  4. to broadcast
  5. (formal) to propagate
  6. to publicize
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廣
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播
bō · sow, spread; broadcast; cast away, reject
广
guǎng · wide, extensive, broad; rad. 53
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3–1 · guang3 bo1

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gwong2 bo3

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verb

  1. to broadcast; to air (to transmit via radio waves or electronic means); to page
  2. (literary) to bestow universally; to grant widely
  3. to spread widely; to distribute widely

noun

  1. broadcast (transmission of radio or television program)
  2. broadcast; radio program (program so transmitted)

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