点播

點播
diǎnbō
verb #22,858

Meanings

  1. 1 to request (a song or program for broadcast)
  2. 2 video/audio on demand
  3. 3 to stream on demand
  4. 4 dibble seeding (agriculture)

Examples

Tīngzhòng kěyǐ dǎ diànhuà dào diàntái diǎnbō xǐhuān de gēqǔ.
Listeners can call the radio station to request their favorite songs.
Shìpín diǎnbō fúwù ràng guānzhòng suíshí suídì kàn xiǎng kàn de nèiróng.
Video-on-demand services let viewers watch what they want anytime, anywhere.

Tips

usage
点播 covers two main modern senses: (1) requesting a specific song/program on radio or TV (traditional sense), and (2) on-demand streaming (视频点播, audio/video on demand — VOD). The agricultural sense (dibble seeding) is rarely encountered outside technical contexts.

Stroke Order

diǎn