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

HSK 5

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.

HSK 7-9

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