vô tuyến truyền thanh
Definition
- Noun:
- Radio broadcasting: The technology and industry of transmitting audio content (such as speech, music, news) via radio waves for reception by the general public using radio receivers.
- A radio broadcast: A specific program or instance of content transmitted via radio waves.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Vô tuyến truyền thanh là một phương tiện thông tin đại chúng quan trọng. (Radio broadcasting is an important mass communication medium.)
- Chúng tôi nghe tin tức qua vô tuyến truyền thanh. (We listened to the news via radio broadcast.)
- Đài này chuyên về vô tuyến truyền thanh giáo dục. (This station specializes in educational radio broadcasting.)
Advanced Usage
- The term is a compound noun. It is formal and technical, often used in official, historical, or technical contexts to distinguish from television ("vô tuyến truyền hình").
Variants and Related Words
- Vô tuyến (n): wireless; often used as a shorter, more general term for radio.
- Máy vô tuyến (radio set).
- Truyền thanh (n): sound transmission, public address system. Can refer to wired broadcast systems (e.g., in a village) as well as radio.
- Loa truyền thanh (public address loudspeaker).
- Radio (n): The common, modern loanword used in everyday Vietnamese for both the device and the medium.
- Nghe radio (to listen to the radio).
Synonyms
- Radio broadcasting: The process of transmitting audio programs.
- Radio: The general medium or a receiving device.
Notes
- "Vô tuyến truyền thanh" is a somewhat formal term. In contemporary everyday language, the loanword "radio" is more frequently used.