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HSK 6freq #3610

Meanings

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  1. 1.(bound form) to sow (seeds); to spread (ideas, rumors etc); to broadcast (radio signals etc)
  2. 2.Taiwan pr. [bò]

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Wiktionary

  1. 1.to sow; to seed
  2. 2.to broadcast; to spread
  3. 3.to move about; to remove; to migrate; to go into exile
  4. 4.to scatter

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Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *paːls): semantic 扌 (“hand”) + phonetic 番 (OC *paːl, *paːls, *pʰaːn, *pʰan, *ban). From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *bwar (“to throw away; to cast; to sow; to toss”); cognate with Tibetan འབོར ('bor, “to throw”) (STEDT; Schuessler, 2007, 2024; Sagart, 2018).

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