播放

Chinese

		sow; scatter; spread sow; scatter; spread; broadcast	to release; to free; to let go to release; to free; to let go; to put; to place; to let out
trad. (播放)		播	放
simp. #(播放)		播	放

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bōfàng, bòfàng

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄛ ㄈㄤˋ, ㄅㄛˋ ㄈㄤˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bo³ fong³

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pô-fong
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pò͘-hòng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland; variant in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bōfàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄛ ㄈㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bofàng
    • Wade–Giles: po¹-fang⁴
    • Yale: bwō-fàng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bofanq
    • Palladius: бофан (bofan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu̯ɔ⁵⁵ fɑŋ⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bòfàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄛˋ ㄈㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bòfàng
    • Wade–Giles: po⁴-fang⁴
    • Yale: bwò-fàng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bohfanq
    • Palladius: бофан (bofan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ fɑŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bo³ fong³
    • Yale: bo fong
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bo³ fong³
    • Guangdong Romanization: bo³ fong³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɔː³³ fɔːŋ³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pô-fong
    • Hakka Romanization System: bo´ fong
    • Hagfa Pinyim: bo¹ fong⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /po²⁴⁻¹¹ foŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pò͘-hòng
    • Tâi-lô: pòo-hòng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: porhoxng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pɔ²¹⁻⁵³ hɔŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pɔ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ hɔŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pɔ²¹⁻⁵³ hɔŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pɔ¹¹⁻⁵³ hɔŋ¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pɔ²¹⁻⁴¹ hɔŋ²¹/

Verb

播放

1. to broadcast; to transmit

Synonyms

• 廣播／广播 (guǎngbō)
• 播出 (bōchū)
• 播映 (bōyìng)
• 播發／播发 (bōfā) (chiefly an important piece of news or announcement)
• 播送 (bōsòng)
• 播音 (bōyīn)
• 放送 (fàngsòng)

 

Derived terms

• 播放器 (bōfàngqì)
• 播放量 (bōfàngliàng)