布 bù

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Traditional form

布 bù

Contains the radical

巾 jīn

Part of speech

Name of a person / 人名 rén míng Rénmíng

Learning hint

Cloth 巾 jīn held in a hand

Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

⿸？巾 jīn

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. 巾 jīn represents the meaning and 父 fù represents the sound. In the modern form it is not obvious that the top component is 父 fù .

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她 tā 织 zhī 布 bù 织得很 hěn 快 kuài ,而且 érqiě 布 bù 的 de 质量 zhìliàng 很 hěn 好 hǎo .

She was a fast weaver and the cloth was very good.

请 qǐng 你 nǐ 宣布 xuānbù 一下 yīxià 他 tā 要 yāo 来 lái 的 de 消息 xiāoxi 好 hǎo 吗 mǎ ?

Would you spread the news about that he is coming?

她 tā 先 xiān 去 qù 请教 qǐngjiào 顾问 gùwèn 然后 ránhòu 再 zài 宣布 xuānbù 决定 juédìng .

She withdrew to confer with her advisers before announcing a decision.

他 tā 先 xiān 去 qù 请教 qǐngjiào 他 tā 的 de 老师 lǎoshī 然后 ránhòu 再 zài 宣布 xuānbù 决定 juédìng .

He withdrew to confer with his teacher before announcing a decision.

我 wǒ 想 xiǎng 知道 zhīdào 是 shì 谁 shuí 散布 sànbù 了 le 那 Nā 谣言 yáoyán .

I should like to know who put that rumour about.

Explore 23 words and sayings that include the Chinese character 布 bù in their composition.

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Simplified	Meaning	Traditional
宣布 xuānbù	to declare	宣布 xuānbù
公布 gōngbù	to announce	公佈
布 bù	cloth	布 bù
发布 fābù	to release	發佈
分布 fēnbù	to scatter	分佈
布什 Bù shí	Bush (name)	布什 Bù shí
布置 bùzhì	to arrange	佈置
布局 bùjú	arrangement	佈局
新闻发布会 xīn wén fā bù huì	news conference	新聞發布會
发布会 fā bù huì	briefing	發佈會
布朗 Bù lǎng	Brown (name)	布朗 Bù lǎng
颁布 bānbù	to issue	頒布
布鲁克林 Bù lǔ kè lín	Brooklyn, borough of New York City	布魯克林
布鲁斯 bù lǔ sī	blues (music) (loanword)	布魯斯
尿布 niào bù	diaper	尿布 niào bù
布莱恩 Bù lái ēn	Brian (name)	布萊恩
布丁 bù dīng	pudding (loanword)	布丁 bù dīng
瀑布 pùbù	waterfall	瀑布 pùbù
遍布 biànbù	to cover the whole (area)	遍布 biànbù
布拉格 Bù lā gé	Prague, capital of Czech Republic	布拉格 Bù lā gé
散布 sànbù	to disseminate	散佈
布莱尔 Bù lái ěr	Blair (name)	布萊爾
布满 bù mǎn	to be covered with	布滿