广播
HSK 4 (exam 2025)HSK 3 (2021)Old HSK 4
广播 (guǎngbō) · radio
广播 (guǎngbō) means “radio; broadcast; to broadcast”. It is written with 2 characters: 广 (broad) + 播 (to sow seeds). It is an HSK 4 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 广播 is built
The characters
广 guǎng · broad
What 广 is made of
- 丶 — dot
- 厂chǎng — cliff
Origin hint: A lean-to 厂, suggesting a building (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
我每天听广播。Wǒ měi tiān tīng guǎngbō.I listen to the radio every day.
你听到广播了吗？Nǐ tīngdào guǎngbō le ma?Did you hear the announcement?
Questions about 广播
What does 广播 mean?
广播 (guǎngbō) means “radio; broadcast; to broadcast”.
How do you pronounce 广播?
广播 is pronounced guǎngbō.
Which HSK level is 广播?
广播 is in HSK 4 (exam 2025) and HSK 3 (2021) and Old HSK 4.
Related words
- 广场guǎngchǎngpublic square
- 广告guǎnggàoadvertisement
- 广大guǎngdàvast
- 推广tuīguǎngto promote
- 宽广kuānguǎngvast
- 广泛guǎngfànwide
- 广阔guǎngkuòvast
- 见多识广jiànduōshíguǎngexperienced and knowledgeable
- 播出bōchūto broadcast
- 播放bōfàngto play
Learn 广播 with its group
It is part of HSK 3 (2021) · Group 74: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.