播放
HSK 4 (exam 2025)HSK 3 (2021)Old HSK 5
播放 (bōfàng) · to play
播放 (bōfàng) means “to play; to broadcast”. It is written with 2 characters: 播 (to sow seeds) + 放 (to put). It is an HSK 4 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 播放 is built
The characters
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)
放 fàng · to put
What 放 is made of
- 方fāng — square
- 亠tóu — lid
- 丶 — dot
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 亠tóu — lid
- 攵pū — to rap
- 乂yì — crossed strokes
- 丿 — falling stroke
- 乂yì — crossed strokes
Origin hint: 攵 gives the meaning, 方 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
电视在播放音乐会。Diànshì zài bōfàng yīnyuèhuì.The TV is broadcasting a concert.
请再播放一次。Qǐng zài bōfàng yī cì.Please play it once more.
Questions about 播放
What does 播放 mean?
播放 (bōfàng) means “to play; to broadcast”.
How do you pronounce 播放?
播放 is pronounced bōfàng.
Which HSK level is 播放?
播放 is in HSK 4 (exam 2025) and HSK 3 (2021) and Old HSK 5.
Related words
- 播出bōchūto broadcast
- 传播chuánbōto spread
- 广播guǎngbōradio
- 直播zhíbōlive broadcast
- 播种bōzhǒngto sow seeds
- 放假fàngjiàto have a holiday
- 放学fàngxuéto finish school for the day
- 放下fàngxiàto put down
- 放心fàngxīnto be at ease
- 放到fàngdàoto put (somewhere)
Learn 播放 with its group
It is part of HSK 3 (2021) · Group 55: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.