传播
HSK 3 (2021)Old HSK 5
传播 (chuánbō) · to spread
传播 (chuánbō) means “to spread; to broadcast”. It is written with 2 characters: 传 (to pass) + 播 (to sow seeds). It is an HSK 3 word in the 2021 standard.
How 传播 is built
The characters
传 chuán · to pass
What 传 is made of
- 亻rén — person
- 专zhuān — concentrated
- 一 — horizontal stroke
Origin hint: 亻 gives the meaning, 专 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
播 bō · to sow seeds
What 播 is made of
- 扌shǒu — hand
- 二 — two strokes
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 亅 — hook
- 二 — two strokes
- 番fān — to take turns
- 米mǐ — uncooked rice
- 丷ha — kwukyel
- 木mù — tree
- 田tián — field
- 冂 — frame
- 土tǔ — earth
- 米mǐ — uncooked rice
Origin hint: To sow seeds 番 by hand 扌; 番 also provides the pronunciation (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
互联网可以很快地传播消息。Hùliánwǎng kěyǐ hěn kuài de chuánbō xiāoxi.The Internet can spread news very fast.
感冒很容易传播。Gǎnmào hěn róngyì chuánbō.Colds spread easily.
Questions about 传播
What does 传播 mean?
传播 (chuánbō) means “to spread; to broadcast”.
How do you pronounce 传播?
传播 is pronounced chuánbō.
Which HSK level is 传播?
传播 is in HSK 3 (2021) and Old HSK 5.
Related words
- 传来chuánlái(of a sound or news) to come
- 传说chuánshuōlegend
- 宣传xuānchuánto publicize
- 传统chuántǒngtradition
- 流传liúchuánto spread
- 遗传yíchuánto inherit (genetically)
- 传真chuánzhēnfax
- 传染chuánrǎnto infect
- 传达chuándáto convey
- 传单chuándānleaflet
Learn 传播 with its group
It is part of HSK 3 (2021) · Group 12: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.