The Chinese word 转播 (zhuǎnbō) is a compound term formed by combining two meaningful characters: 转 (zhuǎn), which means "to turn", "to shift", or "to transfer", and 播 (bō), which means "to sow", "to scatter", or specifically in modern usage, "to broadcast". When combined, the literal sense of "transferring a broadcast" accurately conveys its meaning of "to relay" or "to retransmit", as in the rebroadcasting of a live television or radio signal from one station or network to another. It is a standard verb-object structure where the first character indicates the action performed (转 - transferring) upon the object named by the second character (播 - the broadcast).