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Chinese symbol for “announcer”

播音员
bō yīn yuán
Traditional: 播音員
announcer; broadcaster

The closest CC-CEDICT match for announcer is 播音员 (bō yīn yuán), defined as: announcer; broadcaster.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

播 bō
to sow seeds, to scatter; to broadcast, to spread
radical 64 ⼿ · 15 strokes
音 yīn
sound, tone, pitch, pronunciation
radical 180 ⾳ · 9 strokes
员 yuán
employee; member; personnel, staff
radical 30 ⼝ · 7 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “announcer”

WordPinyinMeaning
播报员 (播報員)bō bào yuánannouncer
报告员 (報告員)bào gào yuánspokesperson; announcer

Related words

Other words that share a character with 播音员.

WordPinyinMeaning
传播 (傳播)chuán bōto disseminate; to propagate; to spread
直播zhí bō(TV, radio) to broadcast live; live broadcast
广播 (廣播)guǎng bōbroadcast; 个 (gè)
播放bō fàngto broadcast; to transmit (by radio or TV)
播出bō chūto broadcast; to air (a TV program etc)
主播zhǔ bō(news) anchor; (program) host; (Internet) streamer
音乐 (音樂)yīn yuèmusic; 张 (zhāng),曲 (qǔ),段 (duàn)
声音 (聲音)shēng yīnsound; voice
委员会 (委員會)wěi yuán huìcommittee; commission

See also: Japanese symbol for “announcer”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.