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散播

sàn bō · san bo

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

Meaning

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  1. to spread
  2. to disperse
  3. to disseminate
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In a conversation

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A rumour in the group chat

  1. Liangliang

    群里(qúnlǐ)有人(yǒurén)散播(sànbō)谣言(yáoyán)，说(shuō)明天(míngtiān)全城(quánchéng)停电(tíngdiàn)。

    Someone in the group chat is spreading a rumour that the whole city loses power tomorrow.

  2. Dengdeng

    别(bié)信(xìn)！是(shì)谁(shéi)在(zài)散播(sànbō)的(de)？

    Don't believe it! Who is spreading it?

  3. Liangliang

    是(shì)小王(xiǎowáng)。他(tā)说(shuō)是(shì)听(tīng)别人(biéren)说(shuō)的(de)。

    Xiao Wang. He says he heard it from someone else.

  4. Dengdeng

    其实(qíshí)只有(zhǐyǒu)我们(wǒmen)小区(xiǎoqū)明天(míngtiān)停电(tíngdiàn)。

    Actually only our neighbourhood loses power tomorrow.

  5. Liangliang

    原来(yuánlái)一句话(yījùhuà)，被(bèi)人(rén)传成了(chuánchéngle)全城(quánchéng)！

    So one sentence got passed around until it became the whole city!

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

风(fēng)把(bǎ)蒲(pú)公(gōng)英(yīng)的(de)种(zhǒng)子(zi)散(sàn)播(bō)到(dào)四(sì)面(miàn)八(bā)方(fāng)。

The wind spread dandelion seeds in all directions.

02

他(tā)在(zài)网(wǎng)上(shàng)散(sàn)播(bō)谣(yáo)言(yán)，结(jié)果(guǒ)被(bèi)警(jǐng)方(fāng)调(diào)查(chá)。

He spread rumors online and was consequently investigated by the police.

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