Definition

1. Noun:
   • Radio: The primary meaning refers to the technology, system, or medium for broadcasting audio content to the public via electromagnetic waves. It also commonly refers to the device used to receive such broadcasts (a radio receiver).
   • Public Address/PA System: In a specific context, it can refer to a wired system for broadcasting sound within a limited area, such as a factory, school, or village, using loudspeakers.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Ông tôi nghe tin tức trên truyền thanh mỗi sáng. (My grandfather listens to the news on the radio every morning.)
  • Đài truyền thanh địa phương phát bài hát này rất nhiều. (The local radio station plays this song a lot.)
  • Thông báo khẩn cấp được phát qua hệ thống truyền thanh của xã. (The emergency announcement was broadcast via the village's public address system.)

Advanced Usage

• The term is often used in official or formal contexts. In casual, everyday speech, the borrowed word "radio" is frequently used interchangeably for the device and medium.
• "truyền thanh công cộng": public address system.
  • Sân bay sử dụng truyền thanh công cộng để thông báo. (The airport uses the public address system for announcements.)

Variants and Related Words

• Đài truyền thanh (n): Radio station or radio broadcasting station.
  • Anh ấy làm việc cho một đài truyền thanh. (He works for a radio station.)
• Phát thanh (v/n): To broadcast (verb) or broadcasting (noun). This focuses more on the act of transmission.
  • Chương trình được phát thanh trực tiếp. (The program is broadcast live.)
• Radio (n): A common, direct loanword for "radio" (the device or medium).

Synonyms

• Radio: The direct equivalent for the technology and device.
• Broadcasting: The act of transmitting audio signals (closer in meaning to "phát thanh").

Related Idioms

• Tiếng nói truyền thanh: Literally "the voice of radio," often used to refer to the official or authoritative voice of a broadcasting service.
  • Theo tiếng nói truyền thanh, cơn bão sẽ đổ bộ vào trưa nay. (According to the radio, the storm will make landfall at noon.)

noun

1. radio