点播

點播

diǎnbō

verb #22,858

Meanings

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

Characters

to point; to select; dot; a little

to broadcast; to sow; to spread

Examples

听众可以打电话到电台点播喜欢的歌曲。

Tīngzhòng kěyǐ dǎ diànhuà dào diàntái diǎnbō xǐhuān de gēqǔ.

Listeners can call the radio station to request their favorite songs.

视频点播服务让观众随时随地看想看的内容。

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

点 diǎn

播 bō