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Chinese symbol for “relay”

转播
zhuǎn bō
Traditional: 轉播
relay; broadcast (on radio or TV)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for relay is 转播 (zhuǎn bō), defined as: relay; broadcast (on radio or TV).

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

转 zhuǎn
to move, to convey; to turn, to revolve, to circle; to forward mail
radical 159 ⾞ · 8 strokes
播 bō
to sow seeds, to scatter; to broadcast, to spread
radical 64 ⼿ · 15 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “relay”

WordPinyinMeaning
接力jiē lìrelay
继电器 (繼電器)jì diàn qì(electrical) relay
中继 (中繼)zhōng jìto relay; to repeat
传述 (傳述)chuán shùto relay; to retell
传达 (傳達)chuán dáto pass on; to convey

Related words

Other words that share a character with 转播.

WordPinyinMeaning
转移 (轉移)zhuǎn yíto shift; to relocate; to transfer; (fig.) to shift (attention); to change (the subject etc)
转变 (轉變)zhuǎn biànto change; to transform
转型 (轉型)zhuǎn xíngto undergo fundamental change; to transition; to transform; to update (to a new model of product)
转化 (轉化)zhuǎn huàto change; to turn; to convert; (genetics) to transform
转向 (轉向)zhuǎn xiàngto change direction; fig. to change one's stance
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)

See also: Japanese symbol for “relay”.

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.

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