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Chinese symbol for “livestream”

直播
zhí bō
(TV, radio) to broadcast live; live broadcast; (Internet) to livestream; (agriculture) direct seeding

The closest CC-CEDICT match for livestream is 直播 (zhí bō), defined as: (TV, radio) to broadcast live; live broadcast; (Internet) to livestream; (agriculture) direct seeding.

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

直 zhí
straight, vertical; candid, direct, frank
radical 109 ⽬ · 8 strokes
播 bō
to sow seeds, to scatter; to broadcast, to spread
radical 64 ⼿ · 15 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 直播.

WordPinyinMeaning
一直yī zhístraight (in a straight line); continuously; always; all the way through
直接zhí jiēdirectly; direct
直到zhí dàountil
简直 (簡直)jiǎn zhísimply; really
直升机 (直升機)zhí shēng jīhelicopter; measure word: 架 (jià)
传播 (傳播)chuán bōto disseminate; to propagate; to spread
广播 (廣播)guǎng bōbroadcast; 个 (gè)
播放bō fàngto broadcast; to transmit (by radio or TV)

See also: Japanese symbol for “livestream”.

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.