放送

Chinese

		to release; to free; to let go to release; to free; to let go; to put; to place; to let out	to deliver; to carry; to give (as a present) to deliver; to carry; to give (as a present); to present (with); to see off; to send
trad. (放送)		放	送
simp. ^#(放送)		放	送

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fàngsòng

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄤˋ ㄙㄨㄥˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fong³ sung³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fong-sung
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hòng-sàng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fàngsòng
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄤˋ ㄙㄨㄥˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fàngsòng
  - Wade–Giles: fang⁴-sung⁴
  - Yale: fàng-sùng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fanqsonq
  - Palladius: фансун (fansun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ sʊŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: fong³ sung³
  - Yale: fong sung
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fong³ sung³
  - Guangdong Romanization: fong³ sung³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɔːŋ³³ sʊŋ³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fong-sung
  - Hakka Romanization System: fong sung
  - Hagfa Pinyim: fong⁴ sung⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /foŋ⁵⁵ suŋ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hòng-sàng
  - Tâi-lô: hòng-sàng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: horngsaxng
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /hɔŋ²¹⁻⁵³ saŋ²¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ saŋ⁴¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔŋ²¹⁻⁵³ saŋ²¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /hɔŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ saŋ¹¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ saŋ²¹/

Verb

放送

to broadcast
- 2008, 曾俊鴻, “單身的演歌”‎^[1]performed by 詹雅雯:
  
  感情列車袜到站孤人行　ラジオ在放送一條失戀的演歌 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
  感情列车袜到站孤人行　ラジオ在放送一条失恋的演歌 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]
  kám-chêng lia̍t-chhia bōe kàu-chām ko͘-lâng kiâⁿ, la-lí-o͘h teh hòng-sàng chi̍t tiâu sit-loân ê iàn-gah [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
  The train of affection hasn't arrived at the station yet; I walk alone. The radio is playing a breakup enka.
to send out (gifts); to give out; to release

Synonyms

(to broadcast):

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

Noun

放送

broadcast
giveaway
禮品大放送／礼品大放送 ― lǐpǐn dà fàngsòng ― great gift giveaway

Derived terms

放送局 (fàngsòngjú)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
放	送
ほう Grade: 3	そう Grade: 3
on'yomi

Etymology

Term attested in the mid-Taishō era (c. 1920).

Wasei-kango compound of 放(ほう) (hō, “release”) + 送(そう) (sō, “send”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ほーそー [hòósóó] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [ho̞ːso̞ː]

Noun

放(ほう)送(そう) • (hōsō) ^{←はうそう (fausou)^?}

broadcast (a radio or TV transmission on air)
放(ほう)送(そう)時(じ)間(かん)
hōsō jikan
broadcasting hours; air time

Derived terms

生放送(なまほうそう) (namahōsō, “live broadcast”)
放(ほう)送(そう)局(きょく) (hōsōkyoku)
短(たん)波(ぱ)放(ほう)送(そう) (tanpa hōsō)
放送大学(ほうそうだいがく) (hōsō daigaku)

Verb

放(ほう)送(そう)する • (hōsō suru) ^{←はうそう (fausou)^?}transitive suru (stem 放(ほう)送(そう)し (hōsō shi), past 放(ほう)送(そう)した (hōsō shita))

to broadcast
- 1939, 海野十三 [Unno Jūza], 人造人間エフ氏 [Jinzō Ningen Efu-shi, Android F]:
  
  先(せん)生(せい)、いまラジオが臨(りん)時(じ)ニュースを放(ほう)送(そう)しています。
  Sensei, ima rajio ga rinji nyūsu o hōsō shite imasu.
  Teacher, they're giving a special newscast on the radio right now.

Conjugation

Conjugation of "放送する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	放送し	ほうそうし	hōsō shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	放送し	ほうそうし	hōsō shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	放送する	ほうそうする	hōsō suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	放送する	ほうそうする	hōsō suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	放送すれ	ほうそうすれ	hōsō sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	放送せよ¹ 放送しろ²	ほうそうせよ¹ ほうそうしろ²	hōsō seyo¹ hōsō shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	放送される	ほうそうされる	hōsō sareru
Causative	放送させる放送さす	ほうそうさせるほうそうさす	hōsō saseru hōsō sasu
Potential	放送できる	ほうそうできる	hōsō dekiru
Volitional	放送しよう	ほうそうしよう	hōsō shiyō
Negative	放送しない	ほうそうしない	hōsō shinai
Negative continuative	放送せず	ほうそうせず	hōsō sezu
Formal	放送します	ほうそうします	hōsō shimasu
Perfective	放送した	ほうそうした	hōsō shita
Conjunctive	放送して	ほうそうして	hōsō shite
Hypothetical conditional	放送すれば	ほうそうすれば	hōsō sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

“放送”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[2] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja in this term
放	送

Noun

放送 • (bangsong) (hangeul 방송)

hanja form^? of 방송 (“broadcasting”)