Definition

1. Verb:
   • To broadcast (by radio): To transmit audio content, such as news, music, or programs, via radio waves to the public.
   • To vocalize, to pronounce (archaic/technical usage): To produce or articulate a sound clearly. This meaning is less common in modern everyday language.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Đài này phát thanh tin tức mỗi giờ. (This station broadcasts news every hour.)
  • Chương trình đó sẽ được phát thanh vào lúc 8 giờ tối. (That program will be broadcast at 8 p.m.)
  • (Archaic) Giáo viên yêu cầu học sinh phát thanh rõ ràng. (The teacher asked the students to pronounce clearly.)

Advanced Usage

• "phát thanh trực tiếp": to broadcast live.

  • Sự kiện thể thao quan trọng này sẽ được phát thanh trực tiếp. (This important sports event will be broadcast live.)

• "phát thanh viên": broadcaster, announcer (Note: This is a compound noun, not the verb itself).

  • Phát thanh viên đó có giọng nói rất truyền cảm. (That broadcaster has a very expressive voice.)

Variants and Related Words

• Đài phát thanh (n): radio station, broadcasting station.

  • Tôi thường nghe tin tức từ đài phát thanh quốc gia. (I often listen to news from the national radio station.)

• Phát thanh truyền hình (n): broadcasting (encompassing both radio and television). This is a compound term.

• Truyền thanh (n/v): a synonym often referring to wired radio/broadcasting or public address systems.

Synonyms

• Truyền đi (by radio): to transmit.
• Loan tin (formal): to disseminate news/information.

Related Phrases (Collocations)

• Phát thanh bài hát: to broadcast a song.

  • Đài phát thanh địa phương thường phát thanh các bài hát dân ca. (The local radio station often broadcasts folk songs.)

• Phát thanh thông báo: to broadcast an announcement.

  • Một thông báo khẩn cấp đã được phát thanh đến toàn thành phố. (An urgent announcement was broadcast to the entire city.)

Notes on Usage

• The primary and most common modern meaning of "phát thanh" is related to radio broadcasting.
• The object of the verb is typically the content being broadcast (e.g., tin tức/news, chương trình/program, bài hát/song).
• The older meaning related to "vocalizing" is now rare and mostly found in specific contexts or older texts.

verb

1. to broadcast
   • đài phát thanh
     broadcasting station to vacalize, to pronounce