Meaning
diffuse; extend; notify; to declare; to announce; to spread
Chinese: 布料；发布、分布。
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “bu” becomes a different word in each tone. 布 is the 4th tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.
Stroke Order
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Common Words
- 宣布xuān bùto declare; to announce; to proclaim
- 公布gōng bùto announce; to make public; to publish
- 布置bù zhìto arrange; to set up; to lay out; to assign (tasks, homework etc)
- 分布fēn bùto scatter; to distribute; to be distributed (over an area etc); (statistical, geographic) distribution
- 发布fā bùto release; to issue; to announce; to distribute
Example Sentence
妈妈用一块布做了一个袋子。Mā ma yòng yí kuài bù zuò le yí ge dài zi.Mom made a bag out of a piece of cloth.
妈妈Mā mamama用yòngto use一块yí kuàia piece布bùto announce做zuòto make了le(completed action)一个yí gea袋子dài zibag。
Go deeper
Where this character comes from
𠂇 (a hand) over 巾 (cloth): ‘cloth, fabric, textile; to spread, distribute, arrange, deploy; to announce, declare’ (布料, 公布, 分布). (Also simplifies 佈 ‘to arrange’.)
A way to remember it
From cloth (巾) to ‘to spread / announce’: 公布, 分布.