The Chinese word 播报 (bōbào) is a compound word formed by combining two semantically related characters: 播 (bō), which originally means "to sow" but has been metaphorically extended to mean "to broadcast or disseminate", and 报 (bào), which means "to report" or "news". Together, they create a coordinated compound where both elements contribute to the overall meaning, specifically "to broadcast news" or "to give a broadcast report". This formation follows a common pattern in Modern Chinese where two verbs or action-oriented morphemes are joined to specify a professional or technical activity, in this case, the act of relaying information through a media outlet.