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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
bù | bu4
English translation
ministry
department
section
part
division
troops
board
classifier for works of literature, films, machines etc
department, ministry; division, unit; part, section

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Number of strokes

10

Traditional form

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

place

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

咅阝

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

pǒu

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and pǒu represents the sound.

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他们 tā men jiāo shòu de 棉花 miánhua 全部 quánbù 够得上一级 yī jí .

All the cotton they sold to the state was top grade.

100英镑 Yīng bàng gòu 全部 quánbù de 花销 huā xiāo ?

Is £100 enough for all your expenses?

达尔 shēng 对眼 duì yǎn qián zhè 工作 gōngzuò de qián bàn 部分 bùfen Mǎn yǒu 兴趣 xìng qù .

Dalleson relished the first portion of the work before him.

zài 人类 rénlèi 历史 lìshǐ de 部分 bùfen 时期 shíqī Zhōng , 数学 shùxué 物理学 wù lǐ xué 几乎 jīhū 始终 shǐzhōng shì 不可 bù kě 分地 fēn dì 联系 liánxì zài 一起 yīqǐ de .

Throughout most of human history, mathematics and physics have been inseparably joined.

埃及 Aī jí 大部分 dà bù fen 土地 tǔdì dōu gěi 皇家 huáng jiā 佃农 diàn nóng .

Most of his land was leased to " royal tenants ".

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
ministry
部分 bùfen part部分 bùfen
部门 bùmén department部門
全部 quánbù whole全部 quánbù
俱乐部 jùlèbù club (the organisation or its premises) (loanword)俱樂部
干部 gàn bù cadre幹部
部落 bù luò tribe部落 bù luò
大部分 dà bù fen in large part大部分 dà bù fen
内部 nèibù interior內部
部队 bù duì army部隊
西部 xī bù western part西部 xī bù
一部分 yī bù fen portion一部分 yī bù fen
总部 zǒng bù general headquarters總部
部长 bù zhǎng section chief部長
胸部 xiōng bù chest胸部 xiōng bù
部位 bùwèi position部位 bùwèi
南部 nán bù southern part南部 nán bù
部署 bùshǔ to dispose部署 bùshǔ
东部 dōng bù the east東部
北部 běi bù northern part北部 běi bù
局部 júbù part局部 júbù
头部 tóu bù head頭部
外部 wài bù external外部 wài bù
中部 zhōng bù middle part中部 zhōng bù

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Decomposition

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