Chinese symbol for “broadcast”
广播
guǎng bō
Traditional: 廣播
broadcast; 个 (gè); broadcasting; to broadcast
The closest CC-CEDICT match for broadcast is 广播 (guǎng bō), defined as: broadcast; 个 (gè); broadcasting; to broadcast; (formal) to propagate; to publicize.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “broadcast”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 播放 | bō fàng | to broadcast; to transmit (by radio or TV) |
| 播出 | bō chū | to broadcast; to air (a TV program etc) |
| 放送 | fàng sòng | to broadcast; to announce over loudspeakers |
| 播送 | bō sòng | to broadcast; to transmit |
| 播发 (播發) | bō fā | to broadcast |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 广播.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 广告 (廣告) | guǎng gào | to advertise; a commercial |
| 广场 (廣場) | guǎng chǎng | public square; plaza |
| 广泛 (廣泛) | guǎng fàn | wide; broad; extensive; widespread |
| 推广 (推廣) | tuī guǎng | to extend; to spread |
| 广大 (廣大) | guǎng dà | (of an area) vast or extensive; large-scale |
| 传播 (傳播) | chuán bō | to disseminate; to propagate; to spread |
| 直播 | zhí bō | (TV, radio) to broadcast live; live broadcast |
| 播放 | bō fàng | to broadcast; to transmit (by radio or TV) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “broadcast”.
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.